Table 4.
BR’s movements on the DOC Movement Checklist.
| Movement/date | 01/2012 5 m post injury | 02/2012–04/2012 6–8 m post injury | 08/2012 12 m post injury | 03/2013 9 m post injury | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | ||||||
| Right | - | - | |||||
| Left | - | - | |||||
| Up | |||||||
| Down | - | ||||||
| 2 | Eyes | ||||||
| Closes eyes | + | + | + | + | |||
| Double blink | - | - | |||||
| Quick blink | - | - | |||||
| Prolonged blink | + | + | + | + | |||
| 3 | Gaze | ||||||
| To the right | |||||||
| To the left | - | + | + | ||||
| Down | - | ||||||
| Upon presentation of two objects held in the vertical plane, is able to gaze at one of them, on command | ** | ** | + | ||||
| 5 | Mouth | ||||||
| Open | + | - | |||||
| Close | - | ||||||
| Smile | + | ||||||
| Upper extremities | |||||||
| 8 | Elbow | L/R | L/R | L/R | L/R | ||
| Flexion | -/- | / | / | / | |||
| Extension | -/- | / | / | / | |||
| 10 | Hands | ||||||
| Thumb | L/R | L/R | L/R | L/R | |||
| Flexion | / | / | /+** | ||||
| Extension | / | / | /+** | ||||
| Index finger | L/R | L/R | L/R | ||||
| Flexion | / | /+ KNST | /+** | ||||
| Extension | / | /+ | /+** | ||||
| Whole hand | |||||||
| Hand shake | L/R | L/R | L/R | L/R | |||
| Once | - | /+ | /+ | /+ | |||
| Double | /+ | /+ | /+ | ||||
| Wave “hello/goodbye” | /+ IMIT | +/ IMIT | /+ | ||||
| Grasps an object | / | / | /+ |
**According to DOC Response Assessment Guidelines indicates yes/no communication.