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Van: Juliette De Witt <[log in to unmask]>
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Datum: dinsdag 17 augustus 1999 1:08
Onderwerp: Stages of Parkinson's Disease


What are the stages of PD, and how do you tell what stage someone is in?

Juliette De Witt  CG, Harold 73/4



Hi Juliette,

The next info can also be read at:

http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/pdstages.htm

Hans.

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Hoehn and Yahr Staging of Parkinson's Disease

Stage One

Signs and symptoms on one side only
Symptoms mild
Symptoms inconvenient but not disabling
Usually presents with tremor of one limb
Friends have noticed changes in posture, locomotion and facial expression

Stage Two

Symptoms are bilateral
Minimal disability
Posture and gait affected

Stage Three

Significant slowing of body movements
Early impairment of equilibrium on walking or standing
Generalized dysfunction that is moderately severe

Stage Four

Severe symptoms
Can still walk to a limited extent
Rigidity and bradykinesia
No longer able to live alone
Tremor may be less than earlier stages

Stage Five

Cachectic stage
Invalidism complete
Cannot stand or walk
Requires constant nursing care

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This rating system has been largely supplanted by the Unified Parkinson's
Disease Rating Scale, which is much more complicated.

Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)

The UPDRS is a rating tool to follow the longitudinal course of Parkinson's
Disease. It is made up of the 1) Mentation, Behavior, and Mood, 2) ADL and
3) Motor sections. These are evaluated by interview. Some sections require
multiple grades assigned to each extremity. A total of 199 points are
possible. 199 represents the worst (total) disability), 0--no disability.


Mentation, Behavior, Mood

Intellectual Impairment
0-none
1-mild (consistent forgetfulness with partial recollection of events with no
other difficulties)
2-moderate memory loss with disorientation and moderate difficulty handling
complex problems
3-severe memory loss with disorientation to time and often place, severe
impairment with problems
4-severe memory loss with orientation only to person, unable to make
judgments or solve problems

Thought Disorder
0-none
1-vivid dreaming
2-"benign" hallucination with insight retained
3-occasional to frequent hallucination or delusions without insight, could
interfere with daily activities
4-persistent hallucination, delusions, or florid psychosis.

Depression
0-not present
1-periods of sadness or guilt greater than normal, never sustained for more
than a few days or a week
2-sustained depression for >1 week
3-vegetative symptoms (insomnia, anorexia, abulia, weight loss)
4-vegetative symptoms with suicidality

Motivation/Initiative
0-normal
1-less of assertive, more passive
2-loss of initiative or disinterest in elective activities
3-loss of initiative or disinterest in day to say (routine) activities
4-withdrawn, complete loss of motivation

Activities of Daily Living

Speech
0-normal
1-mildly affected, no difficulty being understood
2-moderately affected, may be asked to repeat
3-severely affected, frequently asked to repeat
4-unintelligible most of time

Salivation
0-normal
1-slight but noticeable increase, may have nighttime drooling
2-moderately excessive saliva, hay minimal drooling
3-marked drooling

Swallowing
0-normal
1-rare choking
2-occasional choking
3-requires soft food
4-requires NG tube or G-tube

Handwriting
0-normal
1-slightly small or slow
2-all words small but legible
3-severely affected, not all words legible
4-majority illegible

Cutting Food/Handing Utensils
0-normal
1-somewhat slow and clumsy but no help needed
2-can cut most foods, some help needed
3-food must be cut, but can feed self
4-needs to be fed

Dressing
0-normal
1-somewhat slow, no help needed
2-occasional help with buttons or arms in sleeves
3-considerable help required but can do something alone
4-helpless

Hygiene
0-normal
1-somewhat slow but no help needed
2-needs help with shower or bath or very slow in hygienic care
3-requires assistance for washing, brushing teeth, going to bathroom
4-helpless

Turning in Bed/ Adjusting Bed Clothes
0-normal
1-somewhat slow no help needed
2-can turn alone or adjust sheets but with great difficulty
3-san initiate but not turn or adjust alone
4-helpless

Falling-Unrelated to Freezing
0-none
1-rare falls
2-occasional, less than one per day
3-average of once per day
4->1 per day

Freezing When Walking
0-normal
1-rare, may have start hesitation
2-occasional falls from freezing,
3-frequent freezing, occasional falls
4-frequent falls from freezin

Walking
0-normal
1-mild difficulty, day drag legs or decrease arm swing
2-moderate difficultly requires no assist
3-severe disturbance requires assistance
4-cannot walk at all even with assist

Tremor
0-absent
1-slight and infrequent, not bothersome to patient
2-moderate, bothersome to patient
3-severe, interfere with many activities
4-marked, interferes with many activities

Sensory Complaints Related to Parkinsonism
0-none
1-occasionally has numbness, tingling, and mild aching
2-frequent, but not distressing
3-frequent painful sensation
4-excruciating pain

Motor Exam

Speech
0-normal
1-slight loss of expression, diction,volume
2-monotone, slurred but understandable, mod. impaired
3-marked impairment, difficult to understand
4-unintelligible

Facial Expression
0-Normal
1-slight hypomymia, could be poker face
2-slight but definite abnormal diminution in expression
3-mod. hypomimia, lips parted some of time
4-masked or fixed face, lips parted 1/4 of inch or more with complete loss
of expression

Tremor at Rest

Face
0-absent
1-slight and infrequent
2-mild and present most of time
3-moderate and present most of time
4-marked and present most of time

Right Upper Extremity (RUE)
0-absent
1-slight and infrequent
2-mild and present most of time
3-moderate and present most of time
4-marked and present most of time

LUE
0-absent
1-slight and infrequent
2-mild and present most of time
3-moderate and present most of time
4-marked and present most of time

RLE
0-absent
1-slight and infrequent
2-mild and present most of time
3-moderate and present most of time
4-marked and present most of time

LLE
0-absent
1-slight and infrequent
2-mild and present most of time
3-moderate and present most of time
4-marked and present most of time

Action or Postural Tremor

RUE
0-absent
1-slight, present with action
2-moderate, present with action
3-moderate present with action and posture holding
4-marked, interferes with feeding

LUE
0-absent
1-slight, present with action
2-moderate, present with action
3-moderate present with action and posture holding
4-marked, interferes with feeding

Rigidity

Neck
0-absent
1-slight or only with activation
2-mild/moderate
3-marked, full range of motion
4-severe

RUE
0-absent
1-slight or only with activation
2-mild/moderate
3-marked, full range of motion
4-severe

LUE
0-absent
1-slight or only with activation
2-mild/moderate
3-marked, full range of motion
4-severe

RLE
0-absent
1-slight or only with activation
2-mild/moderate
3-marked, full range of motion
4-severe

LLE
0-absent
1-slight or only with activation
2-mild/moderate
3-marked, full range of motion
4-severe

Finger taps

Right
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Left
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Hand Movements (open and close hands in rapid succession)

Right
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Left
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Rapid Alternating Movements (pronate and supinate hands)

Right
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Left
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Leg Agility (tap heel on ground, amp should be 3 inches)

Right
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Left
0-normal
1-mild slowing, and/or reduction in amp.
2-moderate impaired. Definite and early fatiguing, may have occasional
arrests
3-severely impaired. Frequent hesitations and arrests.
4-can barely perform

Arising From Chair (pt. arises with arms folded across chest)
0-normal
1-slow, may need more than one attempt
2-pushes self up from arms or seat
3-tends to fall back, may need multiple tries but can arise without
assistance
4-unable to arise without help

Posture
0-normal erect
1-slightly stooped, could be normal for older person
2-definitely abnormal, mod. stooped, may lean to one side
3-severely stooped with kyphosis
4-marked flexion with extreme abnormality of posture

Gait
0-normal
1-walks slowly, may shuffle with short steps, no festination or propulsion
2-walks with difficulty, little or no assistance, some festination, short
steps or propulsion
3-severe disturbance, frequent assistance
4-cannot walk

Postural Stability (retropulsion test)
0-normal
1-recovers unaided
2-would fall if not caught
3-falls spontaneously
4-unable to stand

Body Bradykinesia/ Hypokinesia
0-none
1-minimal slowness, could be normal, deliberate character
2-mild slowness and poverty of movement, definitely abnormal, or dec. amp.
of movement
3-moderate slowness, poverty, or small amplitude
4-marked slowness, poverty, or amplitude

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Schwab and England

Activities of Daily Living

Gillingham FJ, Donaldson MC, eds., Third Symp. of Parkinson's Disease,
Edinburgh, Scotland, E&S Livingstone, 1969, pp.152-7.

Rating can be assigned by rater or by patient.

100%-Completely independent. Able to do all chores w/o slowness, difficulty,
or impairment.

90%-Completely independent. Able to do all chores with some slowness,
difficulty, or impairment. May take twice as long.

80%-Independent in most chores. Takes twice as long. Conscious of difficulty
and slowing

70%-Not completely independent. More difficulty with chores. 3 to 4X along
on chores for some. May take large part of day for chores.

60%-Some dependency. Can do most chores, but very slowly and with much
effort. Errors, some impossible

50%-More dependant. Help with 1/2 of chores. Difficulty with everything

40%-Very dependant. Can assist with all chores but few alone

30%-With effort, now and then does a few chores alone of begins alone. Much
help needed

20%-Nothing alone. Can do some slight help with some chores. Severe invalid

10%-Totally dependant, helpless

0%-Vegetative functions such as swallowing, bladder and bowel function are
not functioning. Bedridden.

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