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
Electronic builds: REDCap
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Additional Scale Publications
View category: Clinimetrics
Original Publication
Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Scale presentation and clinimetric testing results
Goetz CG, Tilley BC, Shaftman SR, Stebbins GT, Fahn S, Martinez-Martin P, Poewe W, Sampaio C, Stern MB, Dodel R, Dubois B, Holloway R, Jankovic J, Kulisevsky J, Lang AE, Lees A, Leurgans S, LeWitt PA, Nyenhuis D, Olanow CW, Rascol O, Schrag A, Teresi JA, van Hilten JJ, LaPelle N
November 2008
Movement Disorders, 23(15):2129-170
Clinimetrics
Which dyskinesia scale best detects treatment response?
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
February 2013
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice; Volume 28(3):341-6
Rating scales for musician's dystonia: the state of the art
Peterson DA, Berque P, Jabusch HC, Altenmüller E, Frucht SJ
July 2013
Neurology; Volume 81(6):589-98
Task force report on scales to assess dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease: Critique and recommendations
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
July 2010
Movement Disorders; Volume 25(9):1131-42