Rating Scales in Movement Disorders

Anette Schrag, Chair
MDS Staff Liaison: Jen Wolf
Steering Committee Members
Nir Giladi
Christopher Goetz
Albert Leentjens
Pablo Martinez-Martin
Anne Pavy-LeTraon
Bart Post
Cristina Sampaio
Glenn Stebbins
Daniel Weintraub
Critiques and Recommendations Published in Movement Disorders
by the Committee on Rating Scales in Movement Disorders
Health-related quality-of-life scales in Parkinson's disease: Critique and recommendations
Pablo Martinez-Martin, Martine Jeukens-Visser, Kelly E. Lyons, C. Rodriguez-Blazquez, Caroline Selai, Andrew Siderowf, Mickie Welsh, Werner Poewe, Oliver Rascol, Cristina Sampaio, Glenn T. Stebbins, Christopher G. Goetz and Anette Schrag. Movement Disorders 2011 July 6.
Wearing-off scales in Parkinson's disease: Critique and recommendations
Angelo Antonini, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Ray K. Chaudhuri, Marcelo Merello, Robert Hauser, Regina Katzenschlager, Per Odin, Mark Stacy, Fabrizio Stocchi, Werner Poewe, Oliver Rascol, Cristina Sampaio, Anette Schrag, Glenn T. Stebbins, Christopher G. Goetz Movement Disorders 2011 June 20.
The Movement disorders task force review of dysautonomia rating scales in Parkinson's disease with regard to symptoms of orthostatic hypotension. Traon AP, Amarenco G, Duerr S, Kaufmann H, Lahrmann H, Shaftman SR, Tison F, Wenning GK, Goetz CG, Poewe W, Sampaio C, Schrag A, Stebbins GT, Rascol O. Mov Disord. 2011 May 5.
Scales to assess sleep impairment in Parkinson's disease: critique and recommendations. Högl B, Arnulf I, Comella C, Ferreira J, Iranzo A, Tilley B, Trenkwalder C, Poewe W, Rascol O, Sampaio C, Stebbins GT, Schrag A, Goetz CG. Mov Disord. 2010 Dec 15;25(16):2704-16.
Dysautonomia rating scales in Parkinson's disease: sialorrhea, dysphagia, and constipation--critique and recommendations by movement disorders task force on rating scales for Parkinson's disease. Evatt ML, Chaudhuri KR, Chou KL, Cubo E, Hinson V, Kompoliti K, Yang C, Poewe W, Rascol O, Sampaio C, Stebbins GT, Goetz CG. Mov Disord. 2009 Apr 15;24(5):635-46.
Task Force Report on Scales to Assess Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease: Critique and Recommendations Carlo Colosimo, Pablo Martínez-Martín, Giovanni Fabbrini, Robert A. Hauser, Marcelo Merello, Janis Miyasaki, Werner Poewe, Cristina Sampaio, Olivier Rascol, Glenn T. Stebbins, Anette Schrag, Christopher G. Goetz; Movement Disorders 2010; 25(9): 1131–1142.
Fatigue Rating Scales Critique and Recommendations by the Movement Disorder Society Task Force on Rating Scales for Parkinson’s Disease Joseph H. Friedman, Guido Alves, Peter Hagell, Johan Marinus, Laura Marsh, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Christopher G. Goetz, Werner Poewe, Olivier Rascol, Cristina Sampaio, Glenn Stebbins, Anette Schrag; Movement Disorders 2010; 25(7): 805-822.
Movement Disorder Society Task Force on Rating Scales for Parkinson's Disease. The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS): Status and recommendations. Movement Disorders 2003; 18(7):738-750.
Movement Disorder Society Task Force report on the Hoehn and Yahr staging scale: Status and recommendations. Goetz CG, Poewe W, Rascol O, Sampaio C, Stebbin GT, Counsell C, Giladi N, Holloway RG, Moore CG, Wennig GK, Yahr MD, Seidl L. Movement Disorders 2004; 19(9): 1020-1028.
Depression rating scales in Parkinson's disease: critique and recommendations. Schrag A, Barone P, Brown RG, Leetjens AF, McDonald Wm, Starkstein S, Weinbraub D, Poewe W, Rascol O, Sampaio C, Stebbins GT, Goetz CG. Movement Disorders 2007; 22(8):1077-1092.
Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Process, format, and clinimetric testing plan. Christopher G. Goetz, Stanley Fahn, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Werner Poewe, Cristina Sampaio, Glenn T. Stebbins, Matthew B. Stern, Barbara C. Tilley, Richard Dodel, Bruno Dubois, Robert Holloway, Joseph Jankovic, Jaime Kulisevsky, Anthony E. Lang, Andrew Lees, Sue Leurgans, Peter A. LeWitt, David Nyenhuis, C. Warren Olanow, Olivier Rascol, Anette Schrag, Jeanne A. Teresi, Jacobus J. Van Hilten, Nancy LaPelle. Movement Disorders 2007; 22(1):41-47
Scales to assess psychosis in Parkinson's disease: Critique and recommendations. Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Dag Aarsland, MD, Gilles Fénelon, MD, Joseph H. Friedman, MD, Laura Marsh, MD, Alexander I. Tröster, PhD, Werner Poewe, MD, Olivier Rascol, MD, Cristina Sampaio, MD, Glenn T. Stebbins, PhD, Christopher G. Goetz, MD. Movement Disorders 2008; 23(4):484-500
Apathy and anhedonia rating scales in Parkinson's disease: Critique and recommendations. Albert F.G. Leentjens, MD, PhD, Kathy Dujardin, PhD, Laura Marsh, MD, Pablo Martinez-Martin, MD, PhD, Irene H. Richard, MD, Sergio E. Starkstein, MD, Daniel Weintraub, MD, Cristina Sampaio, MD, Werner Poewe, MD, Oliver Rascol, MD, Glenn T. Stebbins, PhD, Christopher G. Goetz, MD. Movement Disorders Published Online August 16 2008
See also: Task Force for Developing the MDS-UPDRS and Rating Scales



