Inclusion criteria | |
Age16 years or older | |
PDOC (UWS or MCS) lasting > 4 weeks and < 6 months at admission to EIN | |
First-time newly acquired non-progressive brain injury of any aetiology | |
Weaned from ventilator | |
Medically stable, as judged by the treating rehabilitation physician | |
Exclusion criteria | |
Coma | |
Any pre-existent progressive or non-progressive brain injury | |
Uncontrollable epilepsy |