Aims Scale
ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTSCALE (AIMS)
Patient’s Name (Please print)
Patient’s ID information
Examiner’s Name
CURRENT MEDICATIONS AND TOTAL MG/DAY
Medication #1_Total mg/Day_ Medication #2_Total mg/Day_
INSTRUCTIONS: COMPLETE THE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE BEFORE ENTERING THESE RATINGS.
Facial and Oral Movements
1.Muscles of Facial Expression eg, movements of forehead, eyebrows, periorbital area, cheeks;
include frowning, blinking, smiling, grimacing
0 None, normal 1 Minimal (may be extreme normal) 2 Mild 3 Moderate 4 Severe
2.Lips and Perioral Area eg, puckering, pouting, smacking
0 None, normal 1 Minimal (may be extreme normal) 2 Mild 3 Moderate 4 Severe
3.Jaw eg, biting, clenching, chewing, mouth opening, lateral movement
0 None, normal 1 Minimal (may be extreme normal) 2 Mild 3 Moderate 4 Severe
4.Tongue Rate only increases in movement both in and out of mouth, NOT inability to sustain
movement
5. Extremity Movements
0 None, normal 1 Minimal (may be extreme normal) 2 Mild 3 Moderate 4 Severe 5.Upper (arms, wrists, hands, fingers) Include choreic movements (ie, rapid, objectively purposeless, irregular, spontaneous); athetoid movements (ie, slow, irregular, complex, serpentine). DO NOT include tremor (ie, repetitive, regular, rhythmic).
6.Lower (legs, knees, ankles, toes) eg, lateral knee movement, foot tapping, heel dropping, foot
squirming, inversion and eversion of foot
7. Trunk Movements
0 None, normal 1 Minimal (may be extreme normal) 2 Mild 3 Moderate 4 Severe
SCORING: Score the highest amplitude or frequency in a movement on the 0-4 scale, not the average;
- Score Activated Movements the same way; do not lower those numbers as was proposed at one time;
- A POSITIVE AIMS EXAMINATION IS A SCORE OF 2 IN TWO OR MORE MOVEMENTS or a SCORE OF 3 OR 4 IN ASINGLE MOVEMENT
- Do not sum the scores: e.g. a patient who has scores 1 in four movements DOES NOT have a positiveAIMS score of 4.
Overall Severity
8.Severity of abnormal movements
0 No awareness 1 Aware, no distress 2 Aware, mild distress 3 Aware, moderate distress 4 Aware, severe distress■■
9.Incapacitation due to abnormal movements
0 No awareness 1 Aware, no distress 2 Aware, mild distress 3 Aware, moderate distress 4 Aware, severe distress■■
10.Patient’s awareness of abnormal movements (rate only patient’s report)
0 No awareness 1 Aware, no distress 2 Aware, mild distress 3 Aware, moderate distress 4 Aware, severe distress■■Dental Status
11.Current problems with teeth and/or dentures? Yes No
12.Does patient usually wear dentures? Yes■■ No■■
Comments:
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