Brooke Upper Extremity Rating Scale Clinical Classification

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A standardized 6-item clinician rating scale for the assessment of upper extremity function in patients diagnosed with neuromuscular disease. The scale was developed by Brooke, et al. in 1981 to evaluate disease severity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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