title: Field testing of an ataxia scoring and staging system.
abstract: The authors present a simple system for disability scoring and functional staging of an ataxic patient, based on modifications of a previous scheme advocated by De Falco and collaborators (1979). This system was tested under field conditions in 47 ataxic subjects and found to be useful and functional.
mesh_terms: D001259:Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D001284:Atrophy; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009847:Olivary Nucleus; D013577:Syndrome