<i>Movement</i> Disorder Society Task Force report on the Hoehn and Yahr staging scale: Status and recommendations The <i>Movement</i> Disorder Society Task Force on rating scales for Parkinson's disease

G. Goetz, Christopher; Poewe, Werner; Rascol, Olivier; Sampaio, Cristina; T. Stebbins, Glenn; Counsell, Carl; Giladi, Nir; G. Holloway, Robert; G. Moore, Charity; K. Wenning, Gregor; D. Yahr, Melvin; Seidl, Lisa

doi:10.1002/mds.20213

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Movement Disorder Society Task Force report on the Hoehn and Yahr staging scale: Status and recommendations The Movement Disorder Society Task Force on rating scales for Parkinson's disease

Published in Movement Disorders • Jun 16, 2004

Authors:

Christopher G. Goetz

Werner Poewe

Olivier Rascol

Abstract

The Movement Disorder Society Task Force for Rating Scales for Parkinson's disease (PD) prepared a critique of the Hoehn and Yahr scale (HY). Strengths of the HY scale include its wide utilization and acceptance. Progressively higher stages correlate with neuroimaging studies of dopaminergic loss, a...

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Psychology

Rating scale

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

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