Expanded Disability Status Scale Edss And Ms
Developed in the 1950s and refined in the 1980s, the EDSS has been “used in virtually every major clinical trial that has been conducted in MS during the last four decades and in numerous other clinical studies,” according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS). Unless you’re participating in a clinical trial in which you’ll undergo an EDSS assessment, it’s unlikely you’ll need to understand the scale. However, neurologists sometimes use the EDSS to evaluate the progression of a patient’s MS to help make decisions about treatment—for instance, to determine if a change in medication is warranted....