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Glossary Outcome measure

MRC grading

Polski: Skala MRC (Medical Research Council) Czytaj po polsku →

Also known as Medical Research Council scale MRC motor and sensory scales

The Medical Research Council scales used to grade recovery after nerve repair: motor power from M0 (no contraction) to M5 (normal), and sensation from S0 (absent) to S4 (complete recovery), with S3 the return of superficial pain and tactile sensibility without over-response. In outcome research, M4–M5 and S3+–S4 are conventionally called satisfactory recovery.

Articles mentioning this term

  1. FESSH preparation

    Clinical examination of the hand and wrist

    Hand and wrist examination for FESSH candidates: how accurate the Phalen, Tinel, scratch collapse, Elson, Watson, grind, fovea and Allen tests really are.

  2. FESSH preparation

    Peripheral nerve injury and repair

    Peripheral nerve injury for FESSH candidates: degeneration, Seddon and Sunderland grades, electrodiagnosis, timing, grafts, conduits and nerve transfers.

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