Citation

Pincherle A, Jöhr J, Chatelle C, Pignat JM, Du Pasquier R, Ryvlin P, Oddo M, Diserens K. Ann. Neurol. 2019; 85(3): 443-447.

Affiliation

Neurology and Acute Neurorehabilitation Unit, University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ana.25417

PMID

30661258

Abstract

Disorders of consciousness (DOC) are a common consequence of severe brain injuries, and clinical evaluation is critical to provide a correct diagnosis and prognosis. The revised Motor Behavior Tool (MBT-r) is a clinical complementary tool aiming to identify subtle motor behaviors that might reflect residual cognition in DOC. In this prospective study including 30 DOC patients in the early stage after brain injury, we show that the revised MBT-r has an excellent inter-rater agreement and has the ability to identify a subgroup of patients, underestimated by the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised, showing residual cognition and a subsequent recovery of consciousness. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Language: en

Keywords

Cranial nerves; Nerve; nervus terminalis