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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2017 Jun 22;31(7):677–685. doi: 10.1177/1545968317714577

Table 2.

Functioning and assistive technology use of the reported patient population. Note that for remaining voluntary movement multiple options are possible, i.e. eyes and hand. Furthermore, not all questionnaires were filled out completely for PEG 1 and for uretic catheter 5 answers were unknown.

n %
Total 42 100.0
Functioning & Disabilities
          Remaining voluntary movements (more than one possible)
                     Eyes 41 97.6
                     Mouth/face/head 25 59.5
                     Hand(s)/fingers(s) 14 33.3
                     Leg 4 9.5
                     None 0 0
          Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
                     Yes 25 59.5
                     No 16 38.1
          Uretic catheter
                     Yes 23 54.8
                     No 14 33.3
          Mechanic ventilation
                     No ventilation 25 59.5
                     Non-invasive ventilation 6 14.3
                     Invasive ventilation 11 26.2
          Main method for communication
                     Letter card / yes-no 8 19.0
                     Eye tracker 9 21.4
                     Chin or mouth joystick 6 14.3
                     Typing (Lightwriter or tablet) 12 28.6
                     Other 2 4.8
                     None 5 11.9