Table 3. Use of measures of injury and disability in phases of recovery from TBI

Phases of treatment and recovery
Scale or measure Acute Intensive Recovery Survival
Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Brain scans (CT, MRI)
Duration of coma (DOC)
Duration of post traumatic amnesia (PTA)
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT)
Rancho Los Amigos Scale (RLAS)
Physical impairment measures
Injury Severity Scale (ISS)
Bond Neurophysical Scale (BNS)
Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS)
Disability Rating Scale (DRS)
Functional Independence Measure (FIM)
Functional Assessment Measure (FAM)
Portland Adaptability Inventory (PAI)
Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ)

Note: A shaded cell denotes use of the scale of measure in phase(s) of recovery. See Figure 2 for description of phases of recovery.

From: 1, Introduction and Background

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