Recommendations for the Practice of Clinical Neurophysiology: Guidelines of the IFCN

Section 1. EEG (Technical Standards and Glossary)

1.1. The ten-twenty electrode system of the International Federation
G.H. Klem, H.O. Luders, H.H. Jasper and C. Elger

1.2. EEG instrumentation
A. Ebner, G. Sciarretta, C.M. Epstein and M. Nuwer

1.3. IFCN standards for digital recording of clinical EEG
M.R. Nuwer, G. Comi, R. Emerson, A. Fuglsang-Frederiksen, J.-M. Guerit, H. Hinrichs, A. Ikeda, F.J.C. Luccas and P. Rappelsberger

1.4. IFCN guidelines for topographic and frequency analysis of EEGs and EPs
M.R. Nuwer, D. Lehmann, F. Lopes da Silva, S. Matsuoka, W. Sutherling and J.- F. Vibert

1.5. A glossary of terms most commonly used by clinical electroencephalographers and proposals for the report for the EEG findings
S. Noachtar, C. Binnie, J. Ebersole, F. Mauguiere, A. Sakamoto and B. Westmoreland

Appendix A

Section 2. Evoked Potentials (Technical Standards and Glossary)

2.1. Recommended standards for electroretinograms
G.G. Celesia, M.G. Brigell and N. Peachey

2.3. Short-latency auditory evoked potentials
H. Pratt, M. Aminoff, M.R. Nuwer and A. Starr

2.4. Somatosensory evoked potentials
F. MauguieÁre, T. Allison, C. Babiloni, H. Buchner, AA. Eisen, D.S. Goodin, S.J. Jones, R. Kakigi, S. Matsuoka, M.R. Nuwer, P.M. Rossini and H. Shibasaki

2.5. Cognitive event-related potentials
H.J. Heinze, T.F. Munte, M., Kutas, S.R. Butler, R. Naatanen and D.S. Goodin

2.6. Magnetic Stimulation

2.6.1. Magnetic stimulation: motor evoked potentials
J.C. Rothwell, M. Hallett, A. Berardelli, A. Eisen, P. Rossini and W. Paulus

2.6.2. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
M. Hallett, E.M. Wassermann, A. Pascual-Leone and J. Valls-Sole

Section 3. Specific Applications of EEG, Evoked Potentials and Cortical Stimulation

3.1. Standards of clinical practice of EEG and EPs in comatose and other unresponsive states
J.-M. Guerit, C. Fischer, E. Facco, P. Tinuper, L. Murri, E. Ronne-Engstrom and M. Nuwer

3.2. Intraoperative monitoring
D. Burke, M.R. Nuwer, J. Daube, C. Fischer, J. Schramm, C.D. Yingling and S.J. Jones

3.3. Neonatal EEG
A.W. De Weerd, P.A. Despland and P. Plouin

3.4. Recording sleep and wake
A.W. De Weerd and P. Clarenbach

3.5. Applications of magnetic cortical stimulation
P.M. Rossini, A. Berardelli, G. Deuschl, M. Hallett, A. Maertens de Noordhout, W. Paulus and F. Pauri

Section 4. Electromyography

4.1. Clinical EMG and glossary of terms most commonly used by clinical electromyographers
G. Caruso, A. Eisen, E. StaÊlberg, J. Kimura, B. Mamoli, R. Dengler, L. Santoro and H.C. Hopf

4.2. Standards of instrumentation of EMG
C. Bischoff, A. Fuglsang-Frederiksen, L. Vendelbo and A. Sumner

4.3. Standards for quantification of EMG and neurography
E. StaÊlberg, B. Falck, A. Gilai, J. Jabre, M. Sonoo and K. Todnem

Section 5. Electrooculography

5. Electrooculography: technical standards and applications
W. Heide, E. Koenig, P. Trillenberg, D. Kompf and D.S. Zee

Section 6. Reflexes, Late Responses and Central Motor Control

6.1. The jaw reflexes
G. Cruccu and B.W. Ongerboer de Visser

6.2. The orbicularis oculi reflexes
A. Berardelli, G. Cruccu, J. Kimura, B. Ongerboer de Visser and J. Valls-Sole

6.3. The F-wave
A. Eisen and M. Fisher

6.4. H reflexes from the tibial and median nerves
D. Burke, M. Hallett, P. Fuhr and E. Pierrot-Deseilligny

6.5. Long-latency reflexes following electrical nerve stimulation
G. Deuschl and A. Eisen

6.6. EMG-EEG correlation
H. Shibasaki and J. Rothwell

Section 7. Tests of Autonomic Functions

7.1. Sympathetic skin response
D. Claus and R. Schondorf

7.2. Heart rate variability
R. Baron and D.J. Ewing

7.3. Assessment of blood pressure regulation
S. Braune, M. Elam, R. Baron and P.A. Low

Appendix

Published standards and guidelines of the IFCN

Recommendations for the Practice of Clinical Neurophysiology: Guidelines of the IFCN

Contents

Preface

Foreword of the President

List of Contributors