@article{ref1,
title="Recovery of cognitive function during comprehensive rehabilitation after severe traumatic brain injury",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2012",
author="León-Carrión, José and Domínguez-Morales, María Rosario and Martín, Juan Manuel and Leon-Dominguez, Umberto",
volume="44",
number="5",
pages="505-511",
abstract="Objective: To explore the course and timing of functional recovery in patients who have emerged from coma after undergoing severe traumatic brain injury. Methods: An observational study involving 19 patients with traumatic brain injury recovered from coma who underwent holistic, intensive and multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation. Daily performance in each cognitive function (long-term memory, short-term memory, orientation, calculation, attention, mental control, automation, and planning) was clinically scored and compared at admission and discharge. Results: The course of cognitive recovery after post-traumatic coma is not uniform, offering a curve with many ups, downs and plateaus. To achieve a good response and outcome nearing normalcy, a patient needs over 300 h of intensive rehabilitation. Conclusion: The consolidation of functional recovery in patients with traumatic brain injury requires time and adequate training, and discharge is not recommended until cognitive improvement is established.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1650-1977",
doi="10.2340/16501977-0982",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0982"
}