NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) — Group F Patient 1–6 Assessment Summary
Patient 1
Item Description Score
1a Level of Consciousness — Alert 0
1b LOC Questions — Answers both correctly 0
1c LOC Commands — Performs both correctly 0
, Item Description Score
2 Best Gaze — Normal 0
3 Visual Fields — No visual loss 0
4 Facial Palsy — Minor paralysis 1
5a Motor — Left Arm — No drift 0
5b Motor — Right Arm — No drift 0
6a Motor — Left Leg — No drift 0
6b Motor — Right Leg — No drift 0
7 Limb Ataxia — Absent 0
8 Sensory — Normal 0
9 Best Language — Normal, no aphasia 0
10 Dysarthria — Normal 0
11 Extinction / Inattention — No abnormality 0
Total 1
Patient 2
Clinical Presentation: Alert but disoriented to questions. Follows commands correctly. Language
severely impaired with mild dysarthria.
Patient 1
Item Description Score
1a Level of Consciousness — Alert 0
1b LOC Questions — Answers both correctly 0
1c LOC Commands — Performs both correctly 0
, Item Description Score
2 Best Gaze — Normal 0
3 Visual Fields — No visual loss 0
4 Facial Palsy — Minor paralysis 1
5a Motor — Left Arm — No drift 0
5b Motor — Right Arm — No drift 0
6a Motor — Left Leg — No drift 0
6b Motor — Right Leg — No drift 0
7 Limb Ataxia — Absent 0
8 Sensory — Normal 0
9 Best Language — Normal, no aphasia 0
10 Dysarthria — Normal 0
11 Extinction / Inattention — No abnormality 0
Total 1
Patient 2
Clinical Presentation: Alert but disoriented to questions. Follows commands correctly. Language
severely impaired with mild dysarthria.
