Frontal EEG delta/alpha ratio and screening for post-stroke cognitive deficits: The power of four electrodes

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-24

  Schleiger, Emma ^a,b   Sheikh, Nabeel ^a,b,c   Rowland, Tennille ^c   Wong, Andrew ^b,c   Read, Stephen ^b,c   Finnigan, Simon ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Delta alpha ratio (DAR); Functional independence measure functional assessment measure (FIM FAM); QEEG; Stroke; Stroke outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SYMMETRY INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; THETA RHYTHM; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; ELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA RHYTHM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 84904873216     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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