June 5, 2014. A vehicle's brake booster uses an engine's vacuum to strengthen the force of a shopper's foot application to the car's master cylinder, and it significantly reduces the effort needed to stop the car. The device is important for buyers who drive vehicles that feature power brakes.
Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale. The UPDRS scale refers to Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale, and it is a rating tool used to gauge the course of Parkinson's disease in patients. The UPDRS scale has been modified over the years by several medical organizations, and continues to be one of the bases of treatment and research in PD clinics.
The scale was renamed the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). The EDSS provides a total score on a scale that ranges from 0 to 10. The first levels 1.0 to 4.5 refer to people with a high degree of ambulatory ability and the subsequent levels 5.0 to 9.5 refer to the loss of ambulatory ability.