Actigraphy assessments of circadian sleep-wake cycles in the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

Actigraphy assessments of circadian sleep-wake cycles in the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

BACKGROUND The Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States (VS; MCS) are characterized by absent or highly disordered signs of awareness alongside preserved sleep-wake cycles. According to international diagnostic guidelines, sleep-wake cycles are assessed by means of observations of variable periods of eye-opening and eye-closure. However, there is little empirical evidence for true circadian sl...

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fMRI for vegetative and minimally conscious states.

Lynne Turner-Stokes professor of rehabilitation , Jenny Kitzinger professor of communications research , Helen Gill-Thwaites consultant occupational therapist , E Diane Playford reader in neurological rehabilitation , Derick Wade professor of neurological rehabilitation , Judith Allanson consultant in neurorehabilitation , John Pickard professor of neurosurgery , On behalf of the Royal College ...

Life expectancy of children in vegetative and minimally conscious states.

We determined estimates of survival in children, 3-15 years of age, in the vegetative state (VS) (n = 564), immobile minimally conscious state (MCS) (n = 705), and mobile MCS (n = 3,806). Data were extracted from the annual Client Development Evaluation Reports of the California Department of Developmental Services between 1988 and 1997 using the operational definitions for these three states o...

Assessment of visual fixation in vegetative and minimally conscious states

BACKGROUND Visual fixation plays a key role in the differentiation between vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness (VS/UWS) syndrome and minimally conscious state (MCS). However, the use of different stimuli changes the frequency of visual fixation occured in patients, thereby possibly affecting the accuracy of the diagnosis. In order to establish a standardized assessment of visual fixation ...