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QEEG and Traumatic Brain Injury: Rebuttal of the American Academy of Neurology 1997 Report by the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society

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Check out this Knowledge Base article from StressTherapy Solutions: QEEG and Traumatic Brain Injury: Rebuttal of the American Academy of Neurology 1997 Report by the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society.

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Study at a glance

Area
TBI & Concussion
Study type
Review & meta-analysis
Authors
Thatcher RW, Moore N, John ER, Duffy F, Hughes JR, Krieger M
Journal
Clinical Electroencephalography
Year
1999

Key findings

  • Argues the 1997 AAN/ACNS position on QEEG in head injury relied on factual misrepresentations
  • Notes the report cited only one QEEG study of mild head injury and left out others
  • Points out that routine EEG and conventional MRI detect few mild to moderate brain injuries
  • Concludes QEEG objectively meets the report's own standards

DOI 10.1177/155005949903000304 → PubMed 10578471 →

A rebuttal by the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society of the 1997 American Academy of Neurology and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society report, which judged the evidence insufficient to support QEEG in diagnosing postconcussion syndrome or mild to moderate head injury. The authors argue that the report rested on misrepresentations of earlier QEEG studies of mild head injury, omitted other relevant research, and that routine EEG and conventional MRI miss most mild to moderate injuries. They conclude that QEEG meets the standards the 1997 report itself set out.