Does the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale favor left hemisphere strokes?

Background and Purpose —The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a valid, reproducible scale that measures neurological deficit. Of 42 possible points, 7 points are directly related to measurement of language compared with only 2 points related to neglect. Methods —We examined the p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Stroke (1970) 1999-11, Vol.30 (11), p.2355-2359
Hauptverfasser: WOO, D, BRODERICK, J. P, KOTHARI, R. U, MET LU, BROTT, T, LYDEN, P. D, MARLER, J. R, GROTTA, J. C
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Zusammenfassung:Background and Purpose —The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a valid, reproducible scale that measures neurological deficit. Of 42 possible points, 7 points are directly related to measurement of language compared with only 2 points related to neglect. Methods —We examined the placebo arm of the NINDS t-PA stroke trial to test the hypothesis that the total volume of cerebral infarction in patients with right hemisphere strokes would be greater than the volume of cerebral infarction in patients with left hemisphere strokes who have similar NIHSS scores. The volume of stroke was determined by computerized image analysis of CT films and CT images stored on computer tape and optical disks. Cube-root transformation of lesion volume was performed for each CT. Transformed lesion volume was analyzed in a logistic regression model to predict volume of stroke by NIHSS score for each hemisphere. Spearman rank correlation was used to determine the relation between the NIHSS score and lesion volume. Results —The volume for right hemisphere stroke was statistically greater than the volume for left hemisphere strokes, adjusting for the baseline NIHSS ( P
ISSN:0039-2499
1524-4628
DOI:10.1161/01.str.30.11.2355