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Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale (UDysRS)

Captures the essential features of dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease within a single scale.

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The Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale captures the essential features of dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease within a single scale, including patient perceptions, time factors, anatomical distribution, objective impairment, severity, and disability. The scale addresses the issues clinically pertinent to physicians dealing with dyskinesia in clinical and research settings as well as the issues clinically pertinent to patients experiencing dyskinesia.

Authors: Christopher G. Goetz, John G. Nutt, Glenn T. Stebbins 

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  • Acronym: UDysRS
  • Year Published: 2008
  • Scale Last Updated: August 31, 2016
  • Assessment Type: ClinRO and PRO
  • Estimated Time to Complete: 15 minutes

 Available translations: 10+ languages

  Eletronic builds: REDCap


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Translations

In Progress:

The following translations have completed Cognitive Pre-testing. For more information about the Translation Program, please reference our Protocol for Official Non-English Language Translations.  Please contact ratingscales@movementdisorders.org for more information.

  • Arabic 
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Estonian
  • Serbian
  • Swedish

MDS acknowledges and thanks the translation Program Leaders and contributors for the development and ongoing support of translations. 


 

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