Updated - IVDD clinical grading and prognosis scale
- Ian Seath
- Sep 23, 2017
- 1 min read
We are grateful to Dr Marianne Dorn who has produced an updated summary of the IVDD clinical grading and prognosis scale for us. This is based on a review of the published papers. The "simple" version is here (on our IVDD website) and there is a link to a more detailed page where all the reference material can be found. You can download the Grading Scale as a PDF file or image file. Please share this with your vet if he/she is not familiar with Dachshunds and IVDD.
Marianne is keen to point out this is a clinical grading scale and should not be confused with a pain response scale. The IVDD grading scale also takes gait, weakness, ataxia and nociception (ability to feel a noxious painful stimulus) into consideration.
Marianne is a veterinary surgeon who specialises in rehabilitation (the Rehab Vet).
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