Módszerek összehasonlítása

	EDSS: Kurtzke kiterjesztett rokkantsági státusz skála	MSFC: Sclerosis multiplex funkcionális kompozit teszt
Tudományterület	Neurológia	Neurológia
Módszercsalád	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Keletkezés éve	1983	1999
Megalkotó	John F. Kurtzke	Gary Cutter, Richard Rudick, and NMSS Consortium
Típus	Clinician-rated	Clinician-administered performance test
Alapmű	Kurtzke, J. F. (1983). Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: An expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology, 33(11), 1444-1452.	Cutter, G. R., Baier, M. L., Rudick, R. A., et al. (1999). Development of a multiple sclerosis functional composite as a clinical trial outcome measure. Multiple Sclerosis, 5(4), 244-250.
Alternatív nevek	Expanded Disability Status Scale	MS Functional Composite
Kapcsolódó	4	4
Összefoglaló	The EDSS is the most widely used clinical disability rating scale in multiple sclerosis research and practice. Developed by John Kurtzke in 1983, it provides a 0-10 ordinal scale capturing disease severity across eight neurological functional systems and functional status. The EDSS remains the primary endpoint in MS clinical trials and longitudinal cohort studies, with decades of prognostic and comparative data worldwide.	The Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) is an objective, performance-based assessment of MS-related disability capturing three key functional domains: lower extremity mobility, upper extremity coordination, and cognitive/processing speed. Developed in 1999 by the National MS Society and adopted widely in clinical trials, the MSFC provides quantifiable endpoints complementing the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). The three-component design addresses EDSS limitations by including cognition and standardizing measurement via timed tasks.