Hi Erin,
In France and Belgium, we used an Ossermann modified score procedure, which amongst others things, checks the holding of arms extended on the left and right side for a maximum of 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
For the leg check, the patient is lying down on his back, the legs up but bent at 90 ° and you should hold for a maximum of 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Your hold times give you credits (each 10 seconds = 10 points), the maximum total for all tests is 100. I'm presently at 95 but went down to 30 when I started my corticotherapy about one year ago.
If you are interested, I could translate the whole procedure and post it. I tried to find some US reference on Google, but what I could find was only the Osserman scale : I, II, III an IV.
I'm also on Cellcept: 2 g/day for about 14 months, recently reduced to 1.5 g…
Maurice.