Motor profile of patients in minimally responsive and persistent vegetative states

Brain Injury

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 421-438

  Pilon, Manon ^a,b,c   Sullivan, S John ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REFLEX; RIGHTING REFLEX;

EID: 0030006576     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990596124287     Document Type: Article

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