What is it about?
The cognitive status of Multiple Sclerosis patients is often neglected when calculating their disability status. We provide a simple and efficient way to integrate the BICAMS and orientation test in the cerebral functional score of the EDSS (iEDSS).
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Why is it important?
The iEDSS adds as little as 15 minutes to the entire neurological examination. We applied the iEDSS to 600 patients and found that 25% of EDSS measurements with a score up to 4.0 are underrated.
Perspectives
The iEDSS could change the way we consider disability and make a huge improvement in our clinical practice making the final integration between cognitive status and neurological examination possible.
Dr. Francesco Saccà
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
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This page is a summary of: The EDSS integration with the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis and orientation tests, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, November 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1352458516677592.
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