Initial assessment included the application of three previously validated instruments to evaluate 1) clinical status (Expanded Disability Status Scale), 2) pain (Visual Analogue Scale) and 3) quality of life (Functional Assessment of multiple Sclerosis).
Initial and follow-up assessment included the evaluation of clinical status (Expanded Disability Status Scale), pain (Visual Analogue Scale) and quality of life (Functional Assessment of multiple Sclerosis) to ascertain the impact of electroacupuncture on the quality of life of these patients.
Data collection: sociodemographic (age, gender, marital status, education level, and occupational activity) and clinical data (Expanded Disability Status Scale, disease duration); QoL (MusiQoL and SF36); and attention performance (Wechsler Memory Scale and PASAT).
Self-report questions about ambulation status were developed which were analogous to information from the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) [ 42].
Functional disability status was also assessed by the treating physician using the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS, Table 1) 26 and/or the Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS, Table 2).
The SF-36 [ 19], a generic health status measure, the MSIS-29 [ 10], the MSWS-12 [ 11], and Kurtzke's Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) [ 21], were also completed on the first day of treatment and 6 weeks follow-up.
expanded disability status scale.
RNFS reverse nutech functional score; EDSS expanded disability status scale.
The improvement in therapy is measured by means of expanded disability status scale (EDSS) [8].
Multiple sclerosis disability was quantified using Kurtzke's Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS).
