NeurEx: digitalized neurological examination offers a novel high-resolution disability scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a sensitive neurological disability scale for broad utilization in clinical practice.

Methods

We employed advances of mobile computing to develop an iPad-based App for convenient documentation of the neurological examination into a secure, cloud-linked database. We included features present in four traditional neuroimmunological disability scales and codified their automatic computation. By combining spatial distribution of the neurological deficit with quantitative or semiquantitative rating of its severity we developed a new summary score (called NeurEx; ranging from 0 to 1349 with minimal measurable change of 0.25) and compared its performance with clinician- and App-computed traditional clinical scales.

Results

In the cross-sectional compariso

SUBMITTER: Kosa P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6186944 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature