Significant Head Trauma Research Articles

Telemetered EEG from a football player in action

1. 1. This study has dealt with the telemetering of the EEG from a football player in action. 2. 2. The dominant frequency of the background rhythm is not static, but is constantly changing (“dynamic EEG”) according to the moment to moment changes in the environmental conditions. Relatively high frequencies (up to 13 c/sec) were seen during conditions of great anxiety and anticipation. Rarely, theta rhythms appeared after severe head impact, but their paucity and short duration suggested that no significant head trauma had occurred. 3. 3. It is hoped that this study will encourage others to investigate the dynamic aspects of EEG in various life situations.

The use of the electroencephalogram in the evaluation of head trauma.

THE electroencephalogram plays an important part in the neurologic evaluation of patients who have suffered head trauma. There is, in general, a correlation between the severity of head trauma and degree of electroencephalographic abnormality subsequently found. When the electroencephalogram is abnormal after a head injury, clinical improvement is usually accompanied by return of cerebral electric activity toward normal. When significant head trauma is associated with a normal electroencephalographic pattern soon after injury, the possibility of serious brain damage is remote. A normal electroencephalogram allows the clinician to feel secure when he is faced with distressing complaints of headache, dizziness, insomnia, . . .