Nurick Grade (cervical spondylotic myelopathy)
Nurick grade (Nurick 1972): a 0–5 cervical-myelopathy disability grade keyed to gait and employment.
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Example
- Nurick grade
- 3 — gait difficulty preventing employment
Result: Nurick grade 3 — gait difficulty preventing full-time employment.
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What the result means
- Grades 0–2
- 0 root signs, no cord involvement; 1 cord signs, normal gait; 2 mild gait difficulty, fully employed.
- Grades 3–5
- 3 gait difficulty preventing employment; 4 walks only with assistance; 5 chairbound or bedridden.
What you enter
- Nurick grade
How this is calculated
Nurick S. The pathogenesis of the spinal cord disorder associated with cervical spondylosis. Brain. 1972;95(1):87-100. Read the source ↗
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