Rush Dyskinesia Rating Scale (RDRS)
The Rush Dyskinesia Rating Scale (RDRS), developed by the Movement Disorder Society (MDS), was created to objectively assess severity of overall dyskinesia based on interference in activities of daily living, to distinguish between chorea, dystonia, and other types of dyskinesia observed and to identify the most disabling form of dyskinesia.
Authors: Christopher G. Goetz, Glenn T. Stebbins, Anthony E. Lang, Doris A. Chernik, Teresa A. Chmura, Eric Ahlskog, Ernest Dorflinger.
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- Acronym: RDRS
- Year Published: 1994
- Last Updated: Unchanged since publication
- Assessment Type: ClinRO
- Estimated Time to Complete: 5 minutes
- Available Translations: None
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Additional Scale Publications
Colosimo C, Martinez-Martin P, Fabbrini G, Hauser RA, Merello M, Miyasaki J, Poewe W, Sampaio C, Rascol O, Stebbins GT, Schrag A, Goetz CG. Task force report on scales to assess dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease: Critique and recommendations. Movement Disorders, 2010 July; 25(9):1131-1142
Goetz CG, Stebbins GT, Chung KA, Hauser RA, Miyasaki JM, Nicholas AP, Poewe W, Seppi K, Rascol O, Stacy MA, Nutt JG, Tanner CM, Urkowitz A, Jaglin JA, Ge S. Which dyskinesia scale best detects treatment response? Movement Disorders. 2013 Mar; 28(3): 341-346.
Peterson DA, Berque P, Jabusch HC, Altenmüller E, Frucht SJ. Rating scales for musician's dystonia: the state of the art. Neurology. 2013 Aug 6;81(6):589-98.