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The first edition of the “IFCN Recommendations for the Practice of Clinical Neurophysiology” was edited by W.A. Cobb in 1983. For many years it was recognised dictum of clinical practice worldwide. A second edition became necessary to deal with the rapid expansion of Clinical Neurophysiology in the intervening 18 years, including new methodology much of which has become routine.
Excerpt of preface by editors G. Deuschl, Germany and A. Eisen, Canada
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Contents
Section 1. EEG (Technical Standards and Glossary)
| 1.1 |
The ten-twenty electrode system of the International Federation |
| 1.2 |
EEG instrumentation |
| 1.3 |
IFCN standards for digital recording of clinical EEG |
| 1.4 |
IFCN guidelines for topographic and frequency analysis of EEGs and EPs |
| 1.5 |
A glossary of terms most commonly used by clinical electroencephalographers and proposals for the report for the EEG findings |
Section 2. Evoked Potentials (Technical Standards and Glossary)
| 2.1 |
Recommended standards for electroretinograms |
| 2.2 |
Recommended standards for pattern electroretinograms and visual evoked potentials |
| 2.3 |
Short-latency auditory evoked potentials |
| 2.4 |
Somatosensory evoked potentials |
| 2.5 |
Cognitive event-related potentials |
| 2.6 |
Magnetic Stimulation |
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2.6.1 Magnetic stimulation: motor evoked potentials
2.6.2 Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation |
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 |
| 3.2 |
Intraoperative monitoring |
| 3.3 |
Neonatal EEG |
| 3.4 |
Recording sleep and wake |
| 3.5 |
Applications of magnetic cortical stimulation |
Section 4. Electromyography
| 4.1 |
Clinical EMG and glossary of terms most commonly used by clinical electromyographers |
| 4.2 |
Standards of instrumentation of EMG |
| 4.3 |
Standards for quantification of EMG and neurography |
Section 5. Electrooculography
| 5 |
Electrooculography: technical standards and applications |
Section 6. Reflexes, Late Responses and Central Motor Control
| 6.1 |
The jaw reflexes |
| 6.2 |
The orbicularis oculi reflexes |
| 6.3 |
The F-wave |
| 6.4 |
H reflexes from the tibial and median nerves |
| 6.5 |
Long-latency reflexes following electrical nerve stimulation |
| 6.6 |
EMG-EEG correlation |
Section 7. Tests of Autonomic Functions
| 7.1 |
Sympathetic skin response |
| 7.2 |
Heart rate variability |
| 7.3 |
Assessment of blood pressure regulation |