A learning assessment procedure to re-evaluate three persons with a diagnosis of post-coma vegetative state and pervasive motor impairment

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-162

  Lancioni, Giulio ^a   Singh, Nirbhay ^b   O'Reilly, Mark ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   De Tommaso, Marina ^a   Megna, Gianfranco ^a   Bosco, Andrea ^a   Buonocunto, Francesca ^a   Sacco, Valentina ^a   Chiapparino, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eye blinking; Learning assessment; Microswitch based technology; Minimally conscious state; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 59749092893     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802672771     Document Type: Article

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