Emergence from Disorders of Consciousness: Optimizing Self-Agency Through Communication.

Brooke Murtaugh, Susan Fager, Tabatha Sorenson

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Review in Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

e-Learning in Phoniatrics and Speech-Language Pathology: Exploratory Analysis of Free Access Tools in Augmentative and Alternative Communication.JMIR medical education · 2025
Article
Disorders of Consciousness, Language and Communication Following Severe Brain Injury.Psychologica Belgica · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Brooke MurtaughDepartment of Rehabilitation Programs, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, 5401 South Street, Lincoln, NE 68506, USA. Electronic address: bmurtaugh@madonna.org.

Susan FagerResearch Institute, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, 5401 South Street, Lincoln, NE 68506, USA.

Tabatha SorensonDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, 5401 South Street, Lincoln, NE 68506, USA.

Funding

ACL HHS 90RE5017ACL HHS 90REGE0014

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Language and communication deficits are intrinsic to disorders of consciousness. This article will provide an overview of language and communication deficits that can significantly confound the accuracy of diagnostic assessment in these patients. Authors will also discuss interventions to promote early communication using assistive technology and augmentative communication rehabilitation strategies. Finally, this article will discuss the importance of family education as well as ethical considerations connected to the recovery of communication and adaptive strategies to support patient autonomy and enhance self-agency.

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Communication DisordersSelf-Help DevicesCommunicationConsciousnessConsciousness DisordersHumansAssistive devicesBrain injuryCommunication disordersConsciousness disorders

Identifiers

PMID37993188

DOI10.1016/j.pmr.2023.07.002

PMCPMC11216683

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