Neurophysiological Evaluation of Residual Cognitive Functions in Patients With Severe Alterations of Consciousness

IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo"

Status: Completed

Conditions: Consciousness Disorder; Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Neurowave Group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05802524

Multi-NW

Details and patient eligibility

About

Identify potential markers of recovery through event-related potentials (ERPs) in the evolution of altered consciousness with potential ability to discriminate between different conditions of altered state of consciousness.

Identify potential markers with prognostic value, in order to identify personalized and specific intensive rehabilitation paths based on the outcome indexes obtained.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) > 8;

Level of Cognitive Scale (LCF) = 1-3;

Signature of the consent from the family member and/or guardian.

Exclusion criteria

• Failure to sign the consent of the family member and/or legal guardian;

Patients with cranial anatomical alterations that do not allow the correct assembly of the electrodes, caps, etc.;

Patients with absence of neurophysiological responses in visual evoked potentials (VEP) and with absence of peripheral waves (I-II wave) to acoustic potentials (PEA).