Table 1.
Patients demographics and clinical characteristics
| ID | Sex | Age | Etiology | Time to clinical appraisal (days) | Time to rehab (days) | Rehab stay (days) | CRS-R diagnosis | MBT diagnosis | Negative MBT signs | Pitfalls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 17 | Traumatic | 20 | 33 | 34 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | Aphasia |
| 2 | M | 17 | Traumatic | 15 | 18 | 14 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | NCSE |
| 3 | M | 37 | Anoxic | 8 | 17 | 26 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | None |
| 4 | F | 74 | Traumatic | 5 | 17 | 17 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 5 | F | 78 | Vascular | 6 | 26 | 21 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 6 | F | 67 | Traumatic | 13 | 19 | 15 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | None |
| 7 | F | 40 | Vascular | 3 | 26 | 33 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | No | Thalamic Involvement |
| 8 | M | 78 | Infectious | 19 | 48 | 43 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | NCSE |
| 9 | M | 59 | Vascular | 8 | 29 | 29 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Neuropathy–Myopathy |
| 10 | M | 18 | Traumatic | 15 | 28 | 41 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | None |
| 11 | F | 54 | Vascular | 14 | 23 | 41 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | None |
| 12 | M | 45 | Traumatic | 11 | 31 | 9 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Neuropathy–Myopathy |
| 13 | F | 67 | Vascular | 18 | 26 | 22 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 14 | M | 24 | Traumatic | 27 | 38 | 30 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | None |
| 15 | F | 58 | Traumatic | 13 | 38 | 20 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | NCSE |
| 16 | F | 54 | Traumatic | 28 | 21 | 34 | Coma/UWS | CMD | Yes | Aphasia |
| 17 | M | 24 | Vascular | 9 | 18 | 35 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | None |
| 18 | M | 27 | Traumatic | 14 | 18 | 14 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 19 | F | 65 | Anoxic | 9 | 31 | 20 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Neuropathy–Myopathy |
| 20 | M | 21 | Traumatic | 5 | 12 | 21 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | None |
| 21 | F | 23 | Traumatic | 20 | 33 | 8 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | Aphasia |
| 22 | M | 50 | Anoxic | 15 | 22 | 50 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Neuropathy–Myopathy |
| 23 | M | 43 | Traumatic | 10 | 19 | 35 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | None |
| 24 | F | 84 | Traumatic | 3 | 21 | 19 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Neuropathy–Myopathy |
| 25 | M | 80 | Traumatic | 2 | 10 | 32 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 26 | M | 43 | Vascular | 18 | 34 | 20 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 27 | M | 73 | Traumatic | 23 | 28 | 29 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 28 | F | 37 | Traumatic | 8 | 49 | 41 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | Thalamic Involvement |
| 29 | M | 34 | Traumatic | 8 | 15 | 33 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 30 | F | 61 | Vascular | 12 | 19 | 56 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 31 | M | 61 | Vascular | 12 | 26 | 41 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 32 | F | 69 | Toxic-Metabolic | 24 | 36 | 64 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Neuropathy–Myopathy |
| 33 | F | 62 | Vascular | 6 | 51 | 33 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 34 | F | 66 | Traumatic | 4 | 19 | 39 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 35 | M | 35 | Toxic-Metabolic | 17 | 17 | 27 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | No | None |
| 36 | M | 42 | Traumatic | 16 | 23 | 22 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | NCSE |
| 37 | F | 75 | Vascular | 11 | 25 | 9 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 38 | M | 61 | Vascular | 3 | 15 | 47 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 39 | M | 73 | Traumatic | 11 | 25 | 59 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 40 | F | 35 | Traumatic | 18 | 33 | 33 | Coma/UWS | True | Yes | None |
| 41 | F | 42 | Vascular | 5 | 13 | 34 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 42 | M | 55 | Vascular | 1 | 24 | 36 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 43 | M | 59 | Anoxic | 20 | 26 | 20 | Coma/UWS | True DOC | Yes | None |
| 44 | F | 24 | Traumatic | 6 | 15 | 24 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 45 | M | 71 | Anoxic | 12 | 61 | 41 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | None |
| 46 | F | 52 | Vascular | 6 | 19 | 31 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Aphasia |
| 47 | F | 72 | Vascular | 2 | 23 | 28 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 48 | M | 73 | Vascular | 7 | 14 | 43 | Coma/UWS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
| 49 | M | 63 | Vascular | 18 | 34 | 48 | MCS/EMCS | CMD | No | Frontal Akinetic Syndrome |
CRS-R Coma Recovery Scale Revised, MBT motor behavior tool, MCS minimally conscious state, UWS unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, EMCS emergence from minimally conscious state, CMD cognitive motor dissociation, DOC disorder of consciousness, NCSE non-convulsive status epilepticus