Early motor predictors of recovery in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

Research Design: Retrospective observational study.

Objective: To compare motor variables between patients with severe traumatic brain injury who emerge and patients who do not emerge from vegetative state, in an attempt to identify early motor manifestations associated with consistent patient improvement.

Methods And Procedures: Patients were divided into two groups: group 1, patients who emerged from vegetative state attaining at least a state of functional interactive communication and/or functional use of two different objects (n = 8); and group 2, patients who did not emerge (n = 7).

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Argentinean version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire.

Study Design: Psychometric testing of a translated, culturally adapted questionnaire.

Objective: Argentinean Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) validation and cross-cultural adaptation for its use in Argentinean population with lumbar pain.

Summary Of Background Data: The RMDQ is one of the most widely used and validated instruments for measuring disability in low back pain.