Table 3.

The most used functional assessment tools in Brazil.

	Abstracts	Adaptations or
Functional assessment tools	citation*	normative data†
1. Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire	4	NS ‡
2. Activities of Daily Living (ADL) + Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)	3	47
3. Activities of Daily Living (ADL)	3	48
4. Hoehn & Yahr Staging	2	49
5. Schwab & England Scale (SES)	2	NS
6. Katz' Index of ADL	2	NS
7. Functional Assessment Staging (FAST)	2	NS
8. Bayer-Activities of Daily Living	2	NS
9. Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale-Activities of Daily Living Section (UPDRS-ADL)	1	NS
10. Barthel Index	1	50
11. Activities of Daily Living - International Scale	1	NS

^*number of abstracts citing the instrument;

^†reference number of adaptation or normative data suggestion;

^‡NS, no suggestions.