Locked-in syndromeSmith, Eimear specialist registrar in rehabilitation medicineDelargy, Mark consultant in rehabilitation medicineAuthor information1 National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, IrelandCorrespondence to: E Smith [email protected]Accepted 23 November 2004Contributors: MD had the idea for the article. ES did the literature search and wrote the article with input from MD. ES is the guarantor.Competing interests: None declared.BMJ 330(7488):p 406-409, February 19, 2005.Copyright © 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd