| AS | Ashworth Scale |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CRS-R | Coma Recovery Scale-Revised |
| DOC | Disorders of Consciousness |
| DOCTOR | Disorders Of Consciousness, Treatment and Outcomes Registry |
| EIN | Early Intensive Neurorehabilitation |
| EMCS | Emerged from MCS |
| LOC | Level of Consciousness |
| LoS | Length of Stay |
| MAS | Modified Ashworth Scale |
| MCS | Minimally Conscious State |
| NCS-R | Nociception Coma Scale-Revised |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| PDOC | Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TSI | Time Since Injury |
| UWS | Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome |