Preferred Label : Vignos Lower Extremity Rating Scale Clinical Classification;
NCIt synonyms : VLERS;
NCIt related terms : VLERS1;
NCIt definition : A standardized 10-item clinician rating scale for the assessment of lower extremity
function in patients diagnosed with neuromuscular disease. The scale was developed
by Vignos, et al. in 1963 to evaluate ability and methods used for elevation and ambulation
in patients with childhood progressive muscular dystrophy.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Vignos Lower Extremity Rating Scale (VLERS) (Vignos PJ, Spencer CE, Archibald
KC. (1963) Management of progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood.JAMA 184:389-96.
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).;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL513507;
Origin ID : C130305;
UMLS CUI : C4331502;
Semantic type(s)
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