Brooke Upper Extremity Rating Scale Clinical Classification

Preferred Label : Brooke Upper Extremity Rating Scale Clinical Classification;

NCIt related terms : BUERS; BUERS1;

NCIt definition : A standardized 6-item clinician rating scale for the assessment of upper extremity function in patients diagnosed with neuromuscular disease. The scale was developed by Brooke, et al. in 1981 to evaluate disease severity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Brooke Upper Extremity Rating Scale (BUERS) (Brooke MG, Griggs RC, Mendell JR, Fenichel, GM, Shumate JB and Peggegrino RJ (1981). Clinical trial in duchenne dystrophy. I The Design of the Protocol. Muscle and Nerve: 4:186-197). CDISC believes this instrument to be in the public domain, but you should perform your own assessment.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL513399;

Details

Origin ID

C130304;

UMLS CUI

C4329493;

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- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]
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- CDISC Clinical Classification Category Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC Clinical Classification Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC QRS Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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