The current status of electrophysiologic procedures for the assessment of mild traumatic brain injury

Design: This review examines studies that used spontaneous electroencephalography (EEG), evoked potentials (EP), event-related potentials (ERP), and magnetoencephalography (MEG) to detect brain dysfunction in mild traumatic brain injured (MTBI) subjects. Conclusions: The following conclusions are offered: (1) standard clinical EEG is not useful: however, newer analytical procedures may be proven valuable; (2) consistent with current theory of MTBI, cognitive ERPs seem to be more sensitive to injury than EPs: (3) development of an assessment battery that may include EEG. EPs. ERPs, and neuropsychologic testing is advocated.