Two diagnose of Parkinson's disability rating scales

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:45 am Post subject: Two diagnose of parkinson's disability rating scales

There are two diagnose of Parkinson’s disability rating scales are made :- Conventionally diagnose is assessed on the current symptoms how they respond to treatment :-whether symptoms are improved by adding levodopa. It involves over time or how you will respond to treatment. In clinical assessment, doctor may use one of two disability rating scales - Hoehn & Yahr, named after the two doctors who devised it in 1967. The Hoehn & Yahr scale allocates stages from 0 to 5 to indicate the relative level of disability the parkinson’s are experiencing. TEOKIMHOE
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Dr. FernandezJoined: 20 Jan 2007Posts: 90
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:16 am Post subject:

Thanks! I'm not a big fan of rating scales for clinical use. To me the most important is how my patients feel. We use them a lot however in clinical trials because this is one of the most objective way of determining whether a drug or intervention is working or not. None of the current scales we use is perfect. They do not capture all the signs and symptoms of PD. Yours,_________________Hubert H. Fernandez
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