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