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

Clinical electrophysiologic assessments and mild traumatic brain injury: State-of-the-science and implications for clinical practice

“…The scope and complexity of the literature and the arguments surrounding it are substantial (Coburn et al, 2006;Gaetz and Bernstein, 2001;Hoffman et al, 1999;Hughes and John, 1999;Nuwer, 1997;Nuwer et al, 2005;Thatcher et al, 1999). A complete review of this subject is beyond the scope of the present article; instead, the review provided here will focus on a more limited set of issues and controversies regarding the clinical application and value of qEEG in these contexts.…”

Efficacy of Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Interventions of QEEG-guided Biofeedback, Computers, Strategies, and Medications

“…The QEEG showed a sensitivity of 95.4% of TBI cases and a specificity of 97.4% (Thatcher et al 1989). While Nuwer (Nuwer 1997), representing the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), argued that the ''… QEEG remains investigational for clinical use in post-concussion syndrome, mild or moderate head injury'' (p. 9), rebuttals of the AAN position paper have been published (Hoffman et al 1999;Hughes and John 1999;Thatcher et al 1999). Furthermore, the QEEG has been identified as an appropriate diagnostic tool for TBI by the Electrodiagnostic and Clinical Neuroscience Society and by the Veteran's Administration (Salazar et al 2000).…”

What is Neurofeedback: An Update

“…Abundant evidence, summarized in Thatcher (2010), has verified the reliability of QEEG evaluation, and hundreds of scientific studies have been published using QEEG evaluations. These studies have found the QEEG to have documented ability to aid in the evaluation of conditions such as mild traumatic brain injury (TBI; and sports-related concussions), ADD=ADHD, learning disabilities, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, panic disorder, drug abuse, autism, and a variety of other conditions (including schizophrenia, stroke, epilepsy, and dementia; e.g., Alper, Prichep, Kowalik, Rosenthal, & John, 1998;Amen et al, 2011;Barry, Clarke, Johnstone, McCarthy, & Selikowitz, 2009;Clarke, Barry, McCarthy, & Selikowitz, 2001;Clarke et al, 2007;Harris et al, 2001;Hoffman et al, 1999;Newton et al, 2004;Thatcher, 2010;Thatcher et al, 1999). QEEG has even been able to predict treatment outcomes from interventions with conditions such as ADD=ADHD (Suffin & Emory, 1995), and alcoholism and drug abuse (Bauer, 1993(Bauer, , 2001Prichep, Alper, Kowalik, John, et al, 1996;Winterer et al, 1998).…”