Ruben Horst Duque, Carla Vasconcelos Cáspar Andrade, Valdir Ribeiro Campos, Isac Ribeiro Moulaz, Laíssa Fiorotti Albertino, Maria Bernadete Renoldi de Oliveira Gavi
Cross-sectional study of psychiatric disorders in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and individuals without pain
Advances in rheumatology (London, England)
movement disorder society task force rating scales parkinsons disease pd prepared critique hoehn yahr scale hy strengths hy scale include wide utilization acceptance progressively higher stages correlate neuroimaging studies dopaminergic loss high correlations exist hy scale standardized scales motor impairment disability quality life weaknesses include scales mixing impairment disability nonlinearity hy scale weighted heavily toward postural instability primary index disease severity capture completely impairments disability motor features pd gives information nonmotor problems direct clinimetric testing hy scale limited scale fulfills least criteria reliability validity especially midranges scale stages 24 although modified hy scale includes 05 increments adopted widely clinimetric data available adaptation task force recommends 1 hy scale used original form demographic presentation patient groups 2 hy scale used group description medians ranges reported analysis changes use nonparametric methods 3 research settings hy scale useful primarily defining inclusionexclusion criteria 4 retain simplicity clinicians rate see therefore incorporate comorbidities assigning hy stage 5 wide usage modified hy scale 05 increments adaptation warrants clinimetric testing without testing however original fivepoint scales maintained