Research Article

Effects of Acupuncture on Cortical Activation in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Table 1

CRS-R criteria for VS and MCS.

CRS-R subscalesVSMCS

Auditory≤23–4
AndOr

Visual≤12–5
AndOr

Motor≤23–6
AndOr

Verbal≤23
AndOr

Communication01–3

CRS-R, coma recovery scale-revised; VS, vegetative state; MCS, minimally conscious state.