Table 1. Sample characteristics.

Subject	Gender	Age	Etiology	Main pathology	Days since event	Admission	CRS✝	Diagnosis*
1	Male	71	TBI	Polytrauma	265	Initial rehabilitation	22	MCS+
2	Female	60	nonTBI	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	114	Initial rehabilitation	22	MCS+
3	Male	61	nonTBI	Cerebrovascular ischemia	103	Initial rehabilitation	21	MCS+
4	Female	27	nonTBI	Cerebrovascular ischemia	102	Initial rehabilitation	15	MCS-
5	Male	27	TBI	Polytrauma	2654	Readmission	17	MCS-
6	Male	17	TBI	Polytrauma	120	Initial rehabilitation	17	MCS-
7	Male	70	TBI	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	83	Initial rehabilitation	17	MCS+
8	Male	57	nonTBI	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	138	Initial rehabilitation	16	MCS+
9	Male	37	nonTBI	Hypoxic and metabolic encephalopathy	105	Initial rehabilitation	14	MCS-
10	Male	45	nonTBI	Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy	4979	Readmission	17	MCS-

TBI: traumatic brain injury, CRS: JFK Coma Recovery Scale total score at study start, MCS: minimally conscious state,

^✝refers to the original, not the revised instrument with a maximum total score of 25,

*diagnosis according to the Aspen Workgroup criteria and the criteria of Bruno et al., 2011.