Vignos Lower Extremity Rating Scale Clinical Classification

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A standardized 10-item clinician rating scale for the assessment of lower extremity function in patients diagnosed with neuromuscular disease. The scale was developed by Vignos, et al. in 1963 to evaluate ability and methods used for elevation and ambulation in patients with childhood progressive muscular dystrophy.

**Synonyms:** - VLERS - VLERS - VLERS1