Table 1.

Behavioral responses of the patient assessed with the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised.

Day of assessment	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Other evaluations performed the same day		EEG	PET NCS	MMSE	MRI
AUDITORY FUNCTION
4—Consistent Movement to Command* (4/4 responses of 2 different commands)				x		x	x
3—Reproducible Movement to Command* (3/4 responses of 1 command)	x	x	x		x
2—Localization to Sound	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
1—Auditory Startle	x			x
0—None
VISUAL FUNCTION
5—Object Recognition*		x	x	x	x	x	x
4—Object Localization: Reaching*			x	x
3—Visual Pursuit*	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2—Fixation*	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
1—Visual Startle	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
0—None
MOTOR FUNCTION
6—Functional Object Use#
5—Automatic Motor Response*					x
4—Object Manipulation*
3—Localization to Noxious Stimulation*
2—Flexion Withdrawal	x			x	x	x	x
1—Abnormal Posturing		x	x	x
0—None/Flaccid
OROMOTOR/VERBAL FUNCTION
3—Intelligible Verbalization*
2—Vocalization/Oral Movement	x	x	x	x		x	x
1—Oral Reflexive Movement	x	x	x	x		x	x
0—None					x
COMMUNICATION
2—Functional: Accurate#				x	x
1—Non-Functional: Intentional*		x				x	x
0—None	x		x
AROUSAL
3—Attention
2—Eye Opening w/o Stimulation	x	x	x		x	x	x
1—Eye Opening with Stimulation				x
0—Unarousable
Total score	12*	14*	13*	16#	17#	16*	16*

^*Denotes MCS.

^#Denotes emergence of MCS.