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Publication name	Author	Description	Journal	Size (Mb)
Geriatric Functional Rating Scale (GFRS)	Grauer H Birnbom F. A	The Geriatric Functional Rating Scale (GFRS) can be used to evaluate the functional capacity of an elderly patient. This can help identify those patients who are able to function alone or with some assistance from those WHO require institutionalization. T	J Am Geriatrics Soc.	0.203
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS); clinimetric properties	Teasdale G, Jennett B.	Staff-completed scale for assessing depth and duration of impaired consciousness and coma recorded on a staff-completed chart. Three aspects of behaviour are recorded - motor responses, verbal responses and eye opening; each charted on a 5-point scale in	The Lancet	0.078
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS); clinimetric properties	Juarez VJ Hellawell DJ, Signorini DF, Pentland B, Gill MR, Reiley DG, Green SM. Pettigrew LE, Wilson JT, Teasdale GM. Rowley G, Fielding K. Anderson SI, Housley AM, Jones PA, Slattery J, Miller JD. Glasgow Menegazzi JJ, Davis EA, Sucov AN, Paris PM. Edwar	Staff-completed scale for assessing depth and duration of impaired consciousness and coma recorded on a staff-completed chart. Three aspects of behaviour are recorded - motor responses, verbal responses and eye opening; each charted on a 5-point scale in	Lancet	0.09
Glasgow Outcome Scale	Bradley WG Daroff RB Contant CF Jr Narayan RK. Joynt RJ. Swach M Oxbury J.	Staff-completed measure of disability. Original scale proposes 4 outcome categories: vegetative state, severe disability, moderate disability and good recovery. Modified scale adds a 'better', 'worse' subdivision of disability and recovery categories. Dis	Clinical Neurology	0.105
Glasgow-Liege Scores	Contant CF Jr Narayan RK.	The Glasgow-Liege Scores combines the status of the brain stem reflexes and the Glasgow Coma Scale. From this score it is possible to estimate the probability of a comatose patient's outcome	Youmans JR. Neurological Surgery Fourth Edition.	0.072
Grading Injury Severity Based on Functional Impairment	Scott WA.	The severity of an injury can be graded based on how it impacts the athlete's performance and activities. This impacts the amount of time it takes for the person to recover	ACSM's Essentials of Sports Medicine.	0.075
Grading of Ankle Sprains (Kumbhare and Basmajian)	Kumbhare DA Basmajian JV.	Kumbhare and Basmajian included a scale for grading the severity of an ankle sprain based on the physical examination. This can be used to evaluate the patient initially and to monitor healing and the response to interventions	Decision Making and Outcomes in Sports Rehabilitation.	0.21
Grading the Severity of Chronic Pain (von Korff)	Smith BH Penny KI Von Korff M Ormel J Deyo RA	The severity of chronic pain can be graded based on its characteristics and its impact on a person's activities	Pain	0.108
Groningen Activity Restriction Scale	Suurmeijer TBPM Doeglas DM	Staff / Patient-completed scale for assessing disability in older people. 18 items administered in a face to face interview using a mandatory card with response options, or mailed questionnaire. Each item differentiates between personal disability and sit	Am J Public Health.	0.067
Gross Motor Function Classification System of Palisano	Palisano RJ Rosenbaum PL Walter SD	Gross Motor Function Classification System of Palisano for Assessing Mobility in a Child 6 to 12 Year of Age With Cerebral Palsy. Palisano et al used a classification system for gross motor function to describe mobility in children with cerebral palsy	JAMA	0.058
Guttman scale for the assessment of mobility in MS	De Souza LH.	De Souza developed a Guttman-type scale for evaluation of mobility disability in patients with multiple sclerosis. The scale was developed in terms of biomechanics and the neural control of movement. The author is from Brunel University in England.	Clinical Rehabilitation	0.067
Guy's Hospital Prognostic Score; Allen's Prognostic Score for Stroke	Allen ,Sandercock	Staff-completed disease-specific measurement for prognosis of acute stroke. Assigns predetermined scores to factors of age and presenting clinical features found to predict functional dependence, in order to make a prediction of outcome. The final score i	unkown	0.12

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