Table 1.

Racine criteria for evaluation and staging of seizure (23)

Activity	Stage
Normal	0
Immobilization, sniffing, closed eyes, ear movement, face clonus	1
Head nodding, facial and forelimb clonus (short myoclonic jerk)	2
Continuous myoclonic jerk, tail rigidity	3
Generalized limbic seizures with kangaroo posture or violent convulsion	4
Continuous generalized seizures (tonic or tonic-clonic convulsions)	5