"0: no symptoms/normal (physical, cognitive, etc.)"
"1: no significant disability despite symptoms; able to carry out all usual duties and activities"
"2: slight disability; unable to carry out all previous activities, but able to look after own affairs without assistance"
Expected headings
"Limits"
"The scale was initially described by Rankin in 1957 to assess the outcome of stroke 1. It has subsequently been modified 2,3 by Warlow and colleagues in the 1980s for use in the United Kingdom Transient Ischaemic Attack (UK-TIA) trial, with the addition of grades of 0 for no symptoms at all and 6 for death 4, and it has been used in a wide variety of clinical contexts (e.g. stroke, glioma, traumatic brain injury)."
"1: no significant disability despite symptoms; able to carry out all usual duties and activities"
"2: slight disability; unable to carry out all previous activities, but able to look after own affairs without assistance"
"3: moderate disability; requiring some help, but able to walk without assistance from another individual (use of walking aids alone is not counted as assistance)"
"4: moderately severe disability; unable to walk without assistance and unable to attend to own bodily needs without assistance"
"5: severe disability; bedridden, incontinent, and requiring constant nursing care and attention"