NIH STROKE SCALE GROUP C (PATIENTS 1–6) – FULL ANSWER KEY & SCORING SHEET [2025
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📋 Scoring Key:
• 1a: Level of Consciousness
• 1b: LOC Questions
• 1c: LOC Commands
• 2: Best Gaze
• 3: Visual Fields
• 4: Facial Palsy
• 5a: Motor Arm – Left
• 5b: Motor Arm – Right
• 6a: Motor Leg – Left
• 6b: Motor Leg – Right
• 7: Limb Ataxia
• 8: Sensory
• 9: Best Language
• 10: Dysarthria
• 11: Extinction and Inattention (Neglect)
🧑⚕️ Patient 1
• 1a: 0 – Alert
• 1b: 2 – Neither correct
• 1c: 1 – Performs one task correctly
• 2: 0 – Normal
• 3: 2 – Severe visual field loss
• 4: 1 – Minor facial paralysis
• 5a: 0 – No drift
• 5b: 4 – No movement
• 6a: 0 – No drift
• 6b: 4 – No movement
• 7: 1 – Present in one limb
• 8: 2 – Severe or total sensory loss
• 9: 2 – Severe aphasia
• 10: 1 – Mild to moderate dysarthria
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VERIFIED] | CLINICAL SKILL CHECK & CERTIFICATION PREP
📋 Scoring Key:
• 1a: Level of Consciousness
• 1b: LOC Questions
• 1c: LOC Commands
• 2: Best Gaze
• 3: Visual Fields
• 4: Facial Palsy
• 5a: Motor Arm – Left
• 5b: Motor Arm – Right
• 6a: Motor Leg – Left
• 6b: Motor Leg – Right
• 7: Limb Ataxia
• 8: Sensory
• 9: Best Language
• 10: Dysarthria
• 11: Extinction and Inattention (Neglect)
🧑⚕️ Patient 1
• 1a: 0 – Alert
• 1b: 2 – Neither correct
• 1c: 1 – Performs one task correctly
• 2: 0 – Normal
• 3: 2 – Severe visual field loss
• 4: 1 – Minor facial paralysis
• 5a: 0 – No drift
• 5b: 4 – No movement
• 6a: 0 – No drift
• 6b: 4 – No movement
• 7: 1 – Present in one limb
• 8: 2 – Severe or total sensory loss
• 9: 2 – Severe aphasia
• 10: 1 – Mild to moderate dysarthria
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