Evaluating sensory regulation as a method to improve awareness in patients with altered states of consciousness: a pilot study.
The status of sensory stimulation as a clinical procedure is still in some doubt. Recent papers have shown no significant clinical changes as a result of sensory intervention but this may be due to an inappropriate model on which these procedures were based. This paper outlines the results of a controlled pilot study, based on a sensory regulation model currently being tested at the Casa Colina Peninsula Rehabilitation Center, Los Angeles. The study contrasts the outcome of four patients treated in a sensory regulated environment with four who were exposed to sensory stimulation of an unregulated kind. The results are quite encouraging in favour of a sensory regulation approach.
Wood
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Casa Colina Peninsula Rehabilitation Center, Lomita, California 90717.
Winkowski
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Miller
J L
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Tierney
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Goldman
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001364:Awareness; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012677:Sensation; D012931:Social Environment