M. Gaetz et Dm. Bernstein, The current status of electrophysiologic procedures for the assessment of mild traumatic brain injury, J HEAD TR R, 16(4), 2001, pp. 386-405
Design: This review examines studies that used spontaneous electroencephalo
graphy (EEG), evoked potentials (EP), event-related potentials (ERP), and m
agnetoencephalography (MEG) to detect brain dysfunction in mild traumatic b
rain injured (MTBI) subjects. Conclusions: The following conclusions are of
fered: (1) standard clinical EEG is not useful: however, newer analytical p
rocedures may be proven valuable; (2) consistent with current theory of MTB
I, cognitive ERPs seem to be more sensitive to injury than EPs: (3) develop
ment of an assessment battery that may include EEG. EPs. ERPs, and neuropsy
chologic testing is advocated.