The sensory modality assessment and rehabilitation technique (SMART): A valid and reliable assessment for vegetative state and minimally conscious state patients

Brain Injury

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1255-1269

  Gill Thwaites, H ^a   Munday, R ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR NEURO DISABILITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 8644250765     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050410001719952     Document Type: Article

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