Basic EEG Technology
Basic EEG Technology Thoru Yamada Elizabeth Meng Personnel in the EEG Laboratory All EEG laboratories have, at minimum, two members of the staff: an EEG technologist and an electroencephalographer. An…
Basic Electronics and Electrical Safety
Basic Electronics and Electrical Safety Peter Seaba Thoru Yamada Basic Electricity and Electronics The following is a synopsis of the “basic electricity” concepts that are important for one to know…
Digital EEG
Digital EEG Malcolm Yeh Introduction Traditional electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings are typically used for medical diagnosis and neurobiological research. One EEG channel, commonly recorded from a surface electrode attached to the…
Introduction: History and Perspective of Clinical Neurophysiologic Diagnostic Tests
Introduction: History and Perspective of Clinical Neurophysiologic Diagnostic Tests Thoru Yamada Elizabeth Meng Early History of Electroencephalogram and Related Fields In 1875, Richard Caton (Fig. 1-1), a physiologist from the…
Meningomyelocele
Meningomyelocele Determination of Level Determining the level of neurologic involvement in meningomyelocele is crucial. It permits the evaluation of the following five major functional criteria: Determination of the extent of…
Evaluation of Nerve Root Lesions Involving the Trunk and Lower Extremity
Evaluation of Nerve Root Lesions Involving the Trunk and Lower Extremity Manifestations of pathology involving the spinal cord and cauda equina, such as herniated disks, tumors, or avulsed nerve roots,…
Cervical Cord Lesions: Tetraplegia
Cervical Cord Lesions: Tetraplegia Tetraplegia, or quadriplegia as it is more commonly known, means paralysis involving all four extremities. The lesion that causes such paralysis occurs in the cervical spine….
Evaluation of Nerve Root Lesions Involving the Upper Extremity
Evaluation of Nerve Root Lesions Involving the Upper Extremity Examination by neurologic level is based on the fact that the effects of pathology in the cervical spine are frequently manifested…
Spinal Cord Lesions Below T1, Including the Cauda Equina
Spinal Cord Lesions Below T1, Including the Cauda Equina Paraplegia Paraplegia is the complete or partial paralysis of the lower extremities and lower portion of the body. It is most…
Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
Chapter 11 Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis 11.1Introduction 11.2Etiology and Radiology 11.3The Terminology and Measurement of Spondylolisthesis 11.4The Marchetti and Bartolozzi (M-B) Classification 11.5Mac-Thiong and Labelle’s Classification 11.6Clinical Features and Treatment 11.7Practice…
