Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Alex Burnham, Zachary Weinstock, Taylor R Wicks, Murali Ramanathan, Tommaso Sciortino, Mark Ostrem, Christopher Suchan, Michael G Dwyer, Jessica Reilly, Niels Bergsland, Ferdinand Schweser, Cheryl Kennedy, David Young-Hong, Svetlana P Eckert, David Hojnacki, Ralph Hb Benedict, Robert Zivadinov
BACKGROUND: Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is limited when utilized in highly disabled people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). OBJETIVE: To explore the relationship between disability measures and MRI outcomes in severely-affected pwMS. METHODS: PwMS recruited from The Boston Home (TBH), a specialized residential facility for severly-affected pwMS and University at Buffalo (UB) MS Center were assessed using EDSS, MS Severity Scale, age-related MSS, Scripps Neurological Rating Scale (SNRS) and Combinatorial Weight-Adjusted Disability Score (CombiWISE)...
April 22, 2024: Multiple Sclerosis and related Disorders