Utilization of a comprehensive sensory stimulation program with a comatose tetraplegic patient

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-236

  Crews Jr , W David ^a   Rusek, Judith T ^a   Barth, Jeffrey T ^a   Goering, Aaron M ^a   Walraven, Julie ^a   Johnson, Janis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral arousal; Comatose; Sensory stimulation; Tetraplegic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; HUMAN; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030862419     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8135(97)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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