Coma (optics)

Physics

Neuroscience

Consciousness

Minimally conscious state

Consciousness Disorders

Psychotherapist

Clinical psychology

Optics

Psychiatry

Cognition

Glasgow Coma Scale

Psychology

Level of consciousness

Persistent vegetative state

Medicine

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

Annals of Neurology

Disorders of consciousness (DOC) are a common consequence of severe brain injuries, and clinical evaluation is critical to provide a correct diagnosis and prognosis. The revised Motor Behavior Tool (MBT-r) is a clinical complementary tool aiming to identify subtle motor behaviors that might reflect residual cognition in DOC. In this prospective study including 30 DOC patients in the early stage after brain injury, we show that the revised MBT-r has an excellent inter-rater agreement and has the ability to identify a subgroup of patients, underestimated by the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised, showing residual cognition and a subsequent recovery of consciousness. ANN NEUROL 2019;85:443-447.

Motor behavior unmasks residual cognition in disorders of consciousness