Table 2 Diagnostic tools within the assessment

Physical conditions and vital signs

• Height

• Weight

• Body fat

• Pulse

• Electrocardiography at rest

• Oxygen saturation

• Body temperature

• Blood pressure

• Breathing frequency

Lung

• Spirometry

Brain

• EEG

• Initial neurological examination

Nerves

• Nerve conduction velocity

• Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP)

Stress test

• Schellong orthostasis test

• Ergometry

Taste/smell

• Taste/smell tests (SS-16)

Psychological

• Attention test battery

• Alertness test

• California Verbal Learning test

• Five Point test (divergent thinking)

• Visual scanning test

• Working memory test

Ability-to-act investigation

• Occupational therapy

Internal diagnostics

• Echography

• Carotis-duplex sonography