| Nurick Scale | |
| Grade | Characteristics |
| 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 does not prevent full-time employment |
| 3 | Difficulty in walking which prevents full-time employment or the ability to do all housework, but which is 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 |
| Daniel’s Scale | |
| Grade | Definition |
| 0 | Absence of muscular contraction |
| 1 | Visible or palpable muscular contraction without any movement. |
| 2 | Movement of the extremity without defeating gravity |
| 3 | Movement against gravity |
| 4 | Movement against gravity and resistance diminished strength |
| 5 | Normal strength |