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Predicting Acute Ischaemic Stroke Outcome Using Clinical and Temporal Thresholds

Table 3

Items assessed in the Neurological Dysfunction Score, reflecting the patient's and/or his/her family's evaluation of symptoms and their variation prior to assessment on admission.

Motor function
FaceUpper limbLower limb

Unknown
Normal
Could be used
Could not be used
None

Sensitivity

FaceUpper limbLower limb

Unknown
Normal
Slight asymmetry
Clearly reduced
Anaesthesia, no feeling at all

Cognitive function: speech disturbances, reading writing, calculating difficulties, neglect

Unknown
Normal
Minimal
Difficult to understand
Incomprehensible

Posture and gait

Upright positionGait

Unknown
Normal
Possible alone
Possible with help
Impossible

Limb coordination

Upper limbLower limb

Unknown
Normal
Slight control
Very little control
No control