The JFK Coma Recovery Scale (CRS) was developed to help characterise and monitor
patients functioning at Rancho Levels I–IV and has been used widely in both clinical and …

Giacino JT, Kalmar K, Whyte J. The JFK Coma Recovery Scale-Revised: measurement
characteristics and diagnostic utility. OBJECTIVE: To determine the measurement properties …

Objective: To confirm the reliability and diagnostic validity of the JFK Coma Recovery Scale–
Revised (CRS-R) across raters with varying levels of experience. Methods: Thirty-one …

Objective To investigate the neurobehavioral pattern of recovery of consciousness as
reflected by performance on the subscales of the Coma Recovery Scale–Revised (CRS-R) …

Different behavioural signs of consciousness can distinguish patients with an unresponsive
wakefulness syndrome from patients in minimally conscious state (MCS). The Coma …

Primary objective: The aim of the present study was to explore the concurrent validity, inter-
rater agreement and diagnostic sensitivity of a French adaptation of the Coma Recovery …

Background Despite evidence from neuroimaging research, diagnosis and early prognosis
in the vegetative (VS/UWS) and minimally conscious (MCS) states still depend on the …

This longitudinal validation study describes the psychometric properties of the Disorders of
Consciousness Scale (DOCS). This is Part I of a two-part series. Part II illustrates and …

Existing methods of assessing neurobehavioral responsiveness in severely brain-injured
patients are limited by their inability to recognize subtle clinical changes over time. This …

Abstract The Coma/Near-Coma (CNC) scale was designed to measure small clinical
changes in patients with severe traumatic and nontraumatic brain injuries who were …