Table 2.
Nurick Grades.15
| 0 | Signs or symptoms of root involvement but without evidence of spinal cord disease |
| 1 | Signs of spinal cord disease but no difficulty in walking |
| 2 | Slight difficulty in walking which did not prevent full-time employment |
| 3 | Difficulty in walking which prevented full-time employment or the ability to do all housework, but which was not so severe as to require someone else’s help to walk |
| 4 | Able to walk only with someone else’s help or with the aid of a frame |
| 5 | Chair bound or bedridden |