NIHSS Assessment Items
Item Assessment
1a Level of Consciousness
1b LOC Questions
1c LOC Commands
2 Best Gaze
3 Visual Fields
4 Facial Palsy
5a Motor – Left Arm
5b Motor – Right Arm
6a Motor – Left Leg
6b Motor – Right Leg
7 Limb Ataxia
8 Sensory
9 Best Language
10 Dysarthria
, Item Assessment
11 Extinction / Inattention
Patient 1
Item Score
1a 0
1b 1
1c 0
2 0
3 0
4 1
5a 0
5b 4
6a 0
6b 3
7 0
8 1
9 1