Table 3

Application of the features of an apallic syndrome to patients in the state of akinetic mutism

	Patients in the state of akinetic mutism, n = 7 (group 1)		n		%
	1	2	n		%		3	4	5	6	7
1 Coma vigile
2 Disturbance of the normal sleep-waking cycle		x		x	x	x	4	57
3 Primitive patterns to sensory stimuli		x			x		2	29
4 Lack of emotional reactions	x	x	x	x	x		5	71
5 Abnormal position of the limbs				x		x	2	29
6 Oculovestibular reflexes and reflexes of position
7 Primitive motor patterns				x		x	2	29
8 Vegetative dysregulation			x			x	2	29
Symptoms of the individual patients (n)	1	3	2	4	3	4