A long-term intensive behavioral treatment study in patients with persistent vegetative state or minimally conscious state | Zendy

Martín Lotze | Zendy; K Schertel | Zendy; Niels Birbaumer | Zendy; Boris Kotchoubey | Zendy

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A long-term intensive behavioral treatment study in patients with persistent vegetative state or minimally conscious state

Author(s) -

Martín Lotze,

K Schertel,

Niels Birbaumer,

Boris Kotchoubey

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of rehabilitation medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 96

eISSN - 1651-2081

pISSN - 1650-1977

DOI - 10.2340/16501977-0653

Subject(s) - minimally conscious state , etiology , sensory stimulation therapy , medicine , intervention (counseling) , stimulation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , physical therapy , audiology , psychiatry , neuroscience , consciousness

Persistent vegetative state is regarded as "permanent", if it persists for more than 1 year for traumatic aetiology, or for more than 3 months for other aetiologies. This is also the case for patients in a minimally conscious state. In order to investigate possible improvements after this period we treated and observed 7 such patients over a period of 6 months.

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