Clinical Evaluation Tools

The following list has been taken from the Washington University Internet Stroke Center. Feel free to check their Stroke Scales and Clinical Assessment Tools page for updates.

Prehospital Stroke Assessment Tools

• Cincinnati Stroke Scale
• Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen (LAPSS)

Acute Assessment Scales

• Canadian Neurological Scale (CNS)
• European Stroke Scale
• Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
• Hemispheric Stroke Scale
• Hunt & Hess Scale
• Mathew Stroke Scale
• NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
• Orgogozo Stroke Scale
• Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project Classification (Bamford)
• Scandinavian Stroke Scale
• World Federation of Neurological Surgeons Grading System for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Scale

Functional Assessment

Berg Balance Scale Lawton IADL Scale Modified Rankin Scale Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) Stroke Specific Quality of Life Measure (SS-QOL)

Outcome Assessment

• American Heart Association Stroke Outcome Classification (AHA SOC)
• Barthel Index
• Functional Independence Measurement (FIM™)
• Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS)
• Health Survey SF-36™ & SF-12™
• Community Integration Questionnaire

Other Diagnostic & Screening Tests

• Action Research Arm Test
• Blessed-Dementia Scale
• Blessed-Dementia Information-Memory-Concentration Test
• DSM-IV criteria for the diagnosis of vascular dementia
• Hachinkski Ischaemia Score
• Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
• NINDS - AIREN criteria for the diagnosis of vascular dementia
• Orpington Prognostic Score
• Short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test