Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale

The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale) is a rating scale used to follow the longitudinal course of Parkinson's disease.

It is made up of the following sections:
#Mentation, behavior, and mood;
#Activities of daily living;
#Motor;
#Complications of therapy;

These are evaluated by interview and clinical observation. Some sections require multiple grades assigned to each extremity.

Clinicians and researchers alike use the UPDRS and the motor section in particular to follow the progression of a person's Parkinson's disease.

imilar rating scales

Other rating scales for Parkinson's disease are Hoehn and Yahr scale and Schwab and England Activities of Daily Living Scale.

External links

* [http://www.parkinson.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=367&srcid=230 Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale on National Parkinson Foundation site]
* [http://www.mdvu.org/library/ratingscales/pd/ Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale on Movement Disorders Virtual University site]