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Non-Motor Symptoms Scale for Parkinson’s Disease (NMSS)

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Non-Motor Symptoms Scale for Parkinson’s Disease 


Acronym: NMSS

Authors: Kallol Ray Chaudhuri, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Richard G. Brown, Kapil Sethi, Fabrizio Stocchi, Per Odin, William Ondo, Kazuo Abe, Graeme MacPhee, Doug MacMahon, Paolo Barone, Martin Rabey, Alison Forbes, Kieran Breen, Susanne Tluk, Yogini Naidu, Warren Olanow, Adrian J. Williams, Sue Thomas, David Rye, Yoshio Tsuboi, Annette Hand, and Anthony H.V. Schapira: Members of the International PD Non-Motor Group.

The Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS) is a 30-item rater-based scale to assess a wide range of non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The NMSS measures the severity and frequency of non-motor symptoms across nine dimensions. The scale can be used for patients at all stages of PD.

Original PublicationView the Scale (PDF)

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Year Published: 2007

Last Updated: Unchanged since publication

Assessment Type: ClinRO

Estimated Time to Complete: 10-15 minutes

Additional Scale Publications:

Chaudhuri KR, Martinez‐Martin P. Quantitation of non‐motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. European Journal of Neurology. 2008 Sep;15(2):2-8.

Martinez-Martin P, Rodriguez-Blazquez C, Abe K, Bhattacharyya KB, Bloem BR, Carod-Artal FJ, Prakash R, Esselink RA, Falup-Pecurariu C, Gallardo M, Mir P. International study on the psychometric attributes of the Non-Motor Symptoms Scale in Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2009 Nov 10;73(19):1584-91.

Martinez‐Martin P, Chaudhuri KR, Rojo‐Abuin JM, Rodriguez‐Blazquez C, Alvarez‐Sanchez M, Arakaki T, Bergareche‐Yarza A, Chade A, Garretto N, Gershanik O, Kurtis MM. Assessing the non‐motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease: MDS‐UPDRS and NMS Scale. European Journal of Neurology. 2015 Jan;22(1):37-43.

​Storch A, Schneider CB, Klingelhöfer L, Odin P, Fuchs G, Jost WH, Martinez-Martin P, Koch R, Reichmann H, Chaudhuri KR, Ebersbach G. Quantitative assessment of non-motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease using the Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS). Journal of Neural Transmission. 2015 Dec 1;122(12):1673-84.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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