Shepherd ME/CFS Disability Scale

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The Shepherd ME/CFS Disability Scale is a symptom scale created by Dr. Charles Shepherd. It was adapted from the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) which is used for patients with multiple sclerosis, (MS) and was originally printed in Living with M.E.: The Chronic, Post-viral Fatigue Syndrome.[1]

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  1. Shepherd, Charles, Dr. Living with M.E.: The Chronic/post-viral Fatigue Syndrome. London: Vermilion, 1999. pp 116-117. ISBN 0-09-181679-3. Print.