RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Validity and reliability of a rating scale for the primary torsion dystonias
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 73
OP 73
DO 10.1212/WNL.35.1.73
VO 35
IS 1
A1 Robert E. Burke
A1 Stanley Fahn
A1 C. David Marsden
A1 Susan B. Bressman
A1 Carol Moskowitz
A1 Joseph Friedman
YR 1985
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/35/1/73.abstract
AB For quantitative assessment of the primary torsion dystonias, a rating scale is proposed that has two sections—a Movement Scale, based on examination, and a Disability Scale, based on the patient's statements about seven activities of daily living. We assessed the validity of the Movement Scale by comparing scores with a ranking of patients according to dystonia severity and with ratings of the patients on the Disability Scale. In addition, we assessed the inter-and intra-rater reliability of the scale by comparing independent scorings of patients by four examiners and by comparing scorings by the same examiners performed at different times. We found that the Movement Scale was a valid and reliable indicator of the severity of primary torsion dystonia.