Responses to stimuli in the 'snoezelen' room in unresponsive wakefulness or in minimally responsive state.

Background: Sensory stimulation in Snoezelen room increased responsiveness after brain injury and dementia.

Objective: To explore the physiological and clinical effects of Snoezelen stimulation in persons with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome or minimally conscious state (UWS or MCS).

Design: A comparative prospective observational cohort study.

Vegetative state outcomes improved over the last two decades.

Objective: To describe late outcomes in patients with prolonged unawareness, and factors affecting them.

Design: A retrospective study of 154 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 52 with non-traumatic brain injury (NTBI), admitted for intensive care and consciousness rehabilitation (ICCR), in a vegetative state (VS) lasting over 1 month.

Results: Survival rate (67% total) was higher than in past studies carried out at the same facility (p < 0.

Using a Sniff Controller to Self-Trigger Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation for Assisted Coughing Following Cervical Spinal Cord Lesions.

Individuals with cervical spinal cord lesions (SCLs) typically depend on caregivers to manually assist in coughing by pressing against their abdominal wall. Coughing can also be assisted by functional electric stimulation (FES) applied to abdominal muscles via surface electrodes. Efficacy of FES, however, depends on precise temporal synchronization.