Validation of the Italian version of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-495

  Sacco, Simona ^a   Altobelli, Emma ^a   Pistarini, Caterina ^b   Cerone, Davide ^a   Cazzulani, Benedetta ^b   Carolei, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura Salvatore Maugeri   (Italy)

Author keywords

coma; consciousness; minimally conscious state; rehabilitation; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMA RECOVERY SCALE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79953660675     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.558043     Document Type: Article

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