Purpose
Designed for functional assessment of Parkinson’s Disease
Acronym
Modified PAS
Area of Assessment
Activities of Daily Living
Functional Mobility
Gait
Strength
Upper Extremity Function
Assessment Type
Performance Measure
Administration Mode
Paper & Pencil
Cost
Free
Diagnosis/Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders
- Consists of 14 items arranged into three domains:
1) Chair Transfer (2 items)
2) Gait Akinesia (6 items)
3) Bed Mobility (6 items)
- Observer scores the quality of movements while the patient performs these activities.
- Scores range from 0 (dependent) to 4 (normal).
- Exception: if patient is unable to stand without using hands, then the patient is retest with use of hands and scoring changes to a 0 (dependent) to 2 (normal) range.
- Total possible score = 56
- Chair with 40 cm seat height (or if at patient’s home, the chair that causes the greatest problems to the patient and is used frequently)
- Plastic Cup, ¾ full of water
- Tape
- Bed
- Pillow, sheets and blanket or duvet
Required Training
No Training
Instrument Reviewers
Initially reviewed by Suzanne O’Neal, PT, DPT, NCS & the PD EDGE Task Force of the Neurology Section of the APTA
Body Part
Upper Extremity
Lower Extremity
ICF Domain
Body Function
Activity
Participation
Measurement Domain
Motor
Professional Association Recommendation
Recommendations for use of the instrument from the Neurology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Multiple Sclerosis Taskforce (MSEDGE), Parkinson’s Taskforce (PD EDGE), Spinal Cord Injury Taskforce (PD EDGE), Stroke Taskforce (StrokEDGE), Traumatic Brain Injury Taskforce (TBI EDGE), and Vestibular Taskforce (Vestibular EDGE) are listed below. These recommendations were developed by a panel of research and clinical experts using a modified Delphi process.
For detailed information about how recommendations were made, please visit: http://www.neuropt.org/go/healthcare-professionals/neurology-section-outcome-measures-recommendations
Abbreviations:
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HR
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Highly Recommend
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R
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Recommend
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LS / UR
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Reasonable to use, but limited study in target group / Unable to Recommend
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NR
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Not Recommended
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Recommendations Based on Parkinson Disease Hoehn and Yahr stage:
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I
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II
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III
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IV
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V
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PD EDGE
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LS/UR
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LS/UR
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LS/UR
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LS/UR
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NR
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Recommendations for entry-level physical therapy education and use in research:
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Students should learn to administer this tool? (Y/N)
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Students should be exposed to tool? (Y/N)
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Appropriate for use in intervention research studies? (Y/N)
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Is additional research warranted for this tool (Y/N)
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PD EDGE
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No
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No
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No
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Not reported
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Considerations
No ceiling effect found in this study however the number of subjects were relatively small (n = 15)
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