In case you want to see how scales are determined. You can registerand view the videos without being a professional member. While this is a start, what really needs to occur is to correlate the dead brain and penumbra or bleed drainage damage to this stroke scoring. That is the only way this will become reproducible.
course - NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification
http://learn.heart.org/ihtml/application/student/interface.heart2/index.html
I'm not sure if the direct links below will take you to the course videos.
The minimum score to successfully complete this offering is: 93%
While looking for this scale online, I came accross the research about improved outcomes for people that are early "leg crossers" no matter what their # on the scale says. Now its clear why the neuropsychs documented my laying in bed with legs crossed while they did my eval. Always learning! Thanks for sharing.
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