Ask the patient whether he/she notices any movements in mouth, face, hands, or feet. If yes, ask to describe and to what extent they currently bother patient or interfere with his/her activities.

Pulling, twisting, sustained, and repetitive movements or postures that are usually focal, involving the head, neck, eyes, mouth, jaw, tongue, and face (torticollis, trismus, jaw opening, …

The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) measures involuntary movements of tardive dyskinesia (TD).

The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) test is a widely recognized and invaluable tool for assessing and monitoring involuntary movement disorders. It plays a crucial role in …

The AIMS requires the raters to compare the observed movements to the average movement disturbance seen in persons with TD. Such relative judgments may vary among raters with …

In these microsessions, you will receive instruction on how the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) can be utilized in practice to better assess patients for tardive dyskinesia and …

The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Rating Scale (AIMS) is the most commonly used scale to measure tardive dyskinesia. Research usually uses the first seven items that measure the …

The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) is a 12-item, clinician-rated scale assessing the severity of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in patients taking antipsychotic medications.

The AIMS is a 12-item clinician-rated scale to assess severity of dyskinesias (specifically, orofacial movements and extremity and truncal movements) in patients taking neuroleptic …

The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) was developed by the Psychopharmacology Research Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health and is one of the most widely used …