Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
| 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 |