{"title":"Additional overnight video EEG for the diagnosis of epilepsy: Experiences from Western Kenya","authors":"Nshimiyimana Jules Fidele","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The prolonged video EEG monitoring is widely used for the diagnosis and management of epilepsy, especially during the presurgical evaluation. The routine practice in neurology is to order a prolonged recording like an overnight EEG when the initial routine EEG is normal or unrevealing. Only few studies have evaluated this sequential approach and we aimed in this study to evaluate the added diagnostic value of a relatively brief video EEG monitoring especially in developing nations where the history of seizure semiology may be harder to obtain, and the video EEG monitoring technology is scarce.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This study analyzed retrospectively 167 overnight video EEG records in one of the secondary healthcare facilities in Western Kenya between March 2018 and March 2021. The indications were mainly further diagnosis and seizure classification. All the patients had an unrevealing routine EEG and 162 of them were normal.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Additional epileptiform discharges were recorded in 91 of those 162 with initial normal routine EEG. Further classification of seizure was achieved in 67 patients among 112 with initially unclassified seizure before the overnight recording. The improvement of 68% (97 out of 143 patients without a prior epilepsy diagnosis) for the diagnosis of epilepsy in those patients without initial final diagnosis is comparable to other similar studies but mostly with a longer duration of recording. The diagnosis was changed or at least improved in 142 (85%) patients out of the 167 patients who underwent the overnight video EEG. The treatment modification was immediately considered in 116 after the prolonged recording.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Adding an overnight video EEG to an unrevealing routine EEG can significantly increase the likelihood of detecting additional epileptiform discharges in patients with epilepsy, thereby improving diagnostic yield and aiding in treatment adjustment for all patients suspected of having epilepsy.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>The sequential approach of adding a prolonged video EEG monitoring even as brief as an overnight video EEG to an unrevealing routine EEG has a very significant impact in further classification of seizure and diagnosis of epilepsy especially in a resource limited set up.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 164-168"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/39/4d/main.PMC10462784.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10125508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jaden D. Barfuss , Fábio A. Nascimento , Erik Duhaime , Srishti Kapur , Ioannis Karakis , Marcus Ng , Aline Herlopian , Alice Lam , Douglas Maus , Jonathan J. Halford , Sydney Cash , M. Brandon Westover , Jin Jing
{"title":"On-demand EEG education through competition – A novel, app-based approach to learning to identify interictal epileptiform discharges","authors":"Jaden D. Barfuss , Fábio A. Nascimento , Erik Duhaime , Srishti Kapur , Ioannis Karakis , Marcus Ng , Aline Herlopian , Alice Lam , Douglas Maus , Jonathan J. Halford , Sydney Cash , M. Brandon Westover , Jin Jing","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Misinterpretation of EEGs harms patients, yet few resources exist to help trainees practice interpreting EEGs. We therefore sought to evaluate a novel educational tool to teach trainees how to identify interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) on EEG.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We created a public EEG test within the iOS app DiagnosUs using a pool of 13,262 candidate IEDs. Users were shown a candidate IED on EEG and asked to rate it as epileptiform (IED) or not (non-IED). They were given immediate feedback based on a gold standard. Learning was analyzed using a parametric model. We additionally analyzed IED features that best correlated with expert ratings.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Our analysis included 901 participants. Users achieved a mean improvement of 13% over 1,000 questions and an ending accuracy of 81%. Users and experts appeared to rely on a similar set of IED morphologic features when analyzing candidate IEDs. We additionally identified particular types of candidate EEGs that remained challenging for most users even after substantial practice.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Users improved in their ability to properly classify candidate IEDs through repeated exposure and immediate feedback.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>This app-based learning activity has great potential to be an effective supplemental tool to teach neurology trainees how to accurately identify IEDs on EEG.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 177-186"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10480673/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10557012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wala' Mahmoud , Morten Haugland , Ander Ramos-Murguialday , Hans Hultborn , Ulf Ziemann
{"title":"Measuring resistance to externally induced movement of the wrist joint in chronic stroke patients using an objective hand-held dynamometer","authors":"Wala' Mahmoud , Morten Haugland , Ander Ramos-Murguialday , Hans Hultborn , Ulf Ziemann","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>We evaluated the resistance to externally induced wrist extension in chronic stroke patients. We aimed to objectively measure and distinguish passive (muscle and soft tissue stiffness) and active (spasticity and spastic dystonia) components of the resistance.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We used a hand-held dynamometer, which measures torque, joint movement and electromyography (EMG) simultaneously, to assess the resistance to externally induced wrist extension. Slow and fast stretches were applied to the affected and unaffected wrists in 57 chronic stroke patients (57 ± 11 years). We extracted from the data parameters that represent passive and muscle activity components and assessed the validity, test–retest reliability and the clinical utility of the measurement.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The analysis showed (1) a significant difference in the passive and muscle activity components between the affected and unaffected sides; (2) a significant correlation between passive and muscle activity components and the modified Ashworth scale (MAS); (3) a significant difference between the subgroups of patients stratified by the MAS; (4) an excellent intra-rater reliability on each of the passive and muscle activity components with intra-class coefficients between 0.92 and 0.99; (5) and small measurement error.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Using a hand-held dynamometer, we were able to objectively measure the resistance to muscle stretch in the wrist joint in chronic stroke patients and discriminate muscle overactivity components from muscle and soft tissue stiffness. We demonstrated validity, test–retest reliability and the clinical utility of the measurement.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>Quantification of the different components of resistance to externally induced movement enables the objective evaluation of neurorehabilitation effects in chronic stroke patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 97-110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10238875/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9570238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nerve enlargement differs among chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy subtypes and multifocal motor neuropathy","authors":"Masaaki Yoshikawa , Kenji Sekiguchi , Hirotomo Suehiro , Shunsuke Watanabe , Yoshikatsu Noda , Hideo Hara , Riki Matsumoto","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.10.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2023.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>We aimed to evaluate differences in ultrasonographic nerve enlargement sites among typical chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), distal CIDP, multifocal CIDP and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) in a Japanese population.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We retrospectively reviewed medical records and selected 39 patients (14 with typical CIDP, 7 with multifocal CIDP, 4 with distal CIDP, and 14 with MMN) who underwent ultrasonography. Median and ulnar nerve cross-sectional areas (CSAs) were measured at the wrist, forearm, elbow, and upper arm. CSA ratios for each nerve were calculated as: wrist-to-forearm index (WFI) = wrist CSA/forearm CSA; elbow-to-upper arm index (EUI) = elbow CSA/upper arm CSA; and intranerve CSA variability (INCV) = maximal CSA/minimal CSA.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Significant differences were observed among typical CIDP, multifocal CIDP, distal CIDP, and MMN in CSA at the forearm and upper arm in the median nerves (p < 0.05). Patients with multifocal CIDP had lower WFI and EUI and higher INCV than the other groups (p < 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Regardless of the untreated period, compared with other CIDP subtypes and MMN, multifocal CIDP showed a focal and marked nerve enlargement in the Japanese population.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>Differences in nerve enlargement site may be an underlying feature of multifocal CIDP.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 228-234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2467981X23000306/pdfft?md5=89e10b6a7de27237c3961da380557708&pid=1-s2.0-S2467981X23000306-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138557369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Motor unit properties do not correlate between MUNIX and needle EMG in remote polio in the biceps brachii muscle","authors":"A. Sandberg","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2022.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cnp.2022.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To compare the utility of MUNIX (motor unit number index) with needle EMG in characterizing motor unit (MU) properties in the biceps brachii (BB) muscle in subjects with remote polio.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Thirty subjects suffering from remote polio were investigated with MUNIX and needle EMG, all with Macro EMG and 16 of these subjects with concentric needle EMG.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Both MUNIX and the needle EMG methods showed abnormal results. Fiber density (FD) was the most sensitive parameter for showing signs of reinnervation. At a group level, the methods showed neurogenic findings, but there was no correlation between the results of the MUNIX and needle EMG investigations.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Both MUNIX and needle EMG are valuable methods for measuring neurogenic involvement in the BB muscle. However, there was a lack of correlation between the MUNIX and needle EMG findings. The cause for this missing correlation may be multifactorial as there are several differences between the methods.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>The reason for the lack of correlation between the MUNIX and needle EMG results is discussed. By combining the needle and surface recorded methods one can obtain more information on the denervation and reinnervation process compared to using just one of the methods alone.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 24-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9826944/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10525198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ravjot S. Rehsi , Karishma R. Ramdeo , Stevie D. Foglia , Claudia V. Turco , Faith C. Adams , Stephen L. Toepp , Aimee J. Nelson
{"title":"Investigating the intra-session reliability of short and long latency afferent inhibition","authors":"Ravjot S. Rehsi , Karishma R. Ramdeo , Stevie D. Foglia , Claudia V. Turco , Faith C. Adams , Stephen L. Toepp , Aimee J. Nelson","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2022.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cnp.2022.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To establish the intrasession relative and absolute reliability of Short (SAI) and Long-Latency Afferent Inhibition (LAI). These findings will allow us to guide future explorations of changes to these measures.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>31 healthy individuals (21.06 ± 2.85 years) had SAI and LAI obtained thrice at 30-minute intervals in one session. To identify the minimum number of trials required to reliably elicit SAI and LAI, relative reliability was assessed at running intervals of 5 trials.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>SAI had moderate–high, and LAI had high-excellent relative reliability. Both SAI and LAI had high amounts of measurement error. LAI had high relative reliability when only 5 frames of data were included, whereas SAI required ∼20–30 frames of data for the same. For both SAI and LAI, individual smallest detectable change was large but was reduced at the group level.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>SAI and LAI can be used for both diagnostic purposes and to assess group level change but have limited utility in assessing within-individual changes.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>These results can be used to inform future work regarding the utility of SAI and LAI, particularly in terms of their ability to identify particularly high or low values of afferent inhibition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 16-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/cd/c2/main.PMC9826929.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9088719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Günther , Leonie Schuster , Christian Boßelmann , Holger Lerche , Ulf Ziemann , Katharina Feil , Justus Marquetand
{"title":"Sponge EEG is equivalent regarding signal quality, but faster than routine EEG","authors":"Michael Günther , Leonie Schuster , Christian Boßelmann , Holger Lerche , Ulf Ziemann , Katharina Feil , Justus Marquetand","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Emergency diagnostics, such as acquisition of an electroencephalogram (EEG), are of great diagnostic importance, but there is often a lack of experienced personnel. Wet active electrode sponge-based electroencephalogram (sp-EEG) systems can be applied rapidly and by inexperienced personnel. This makes them an attractive alternative to routine EEG (r-EEG) systems in these settings. Here, we examined the feasibility and signal quality of sp-EEG compared to r-EEG.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In this case-control, single-blind, non-randomized study, EEG recordings using a sp- and a r-EEG system were performed in 18 individuals with a variety of epileptiform discharges and 11 healthy control subjects. The time was stopped until all electrodes in both systems displayed adequate skin-electrode impedances. The resulting 58 EEGs were visually inspected by 7 experienced, blinded neurologists. Raters were asked to score physiological and pathological graphoelements, and to distinguish between the different systems by visual inspection of the EEGs.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Time to signal acquisition for sp-EEG was significantly faster (4.8 min (SD 2.01) vs. r-EEG 13.3 min (SD 2.72), p < 0.001). All physiological and pathological graphoelements of all 58 EEGs could be identified. Raters were unable to distinguish between sp-EEG or r-EEG based on visual inspection of the EEGs alone.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Sp-EEG represents a feasible alternative to r-EEG in emergency diagnostics or resource-limited settings.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>Given shortage of trained personnel or resources, the easy implementation and comparable quality of a novel sp-EEG system may increase general availability of EEG and thus improve patient care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 58-64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10074306/pdf/main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9326053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High performance clean versus artifact dry electrode EEG data classification using Convolutional Neural Network transfer learning","authors":"M.N. van Stigt , E.A. Groenendijk , H.A. Marquering , J.M. Coutinho , W.V. Potters","doi":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cnp.2023.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are promising for artifact detection in electroencephalography (EEG) data, but require large amounts of data. Despite increasing use of dry electrodes for EEG data acquisition, dry electrode EEG datasets are sparse. We aim to develop an algorithm for <em>clean</em> versus <em>artifact</em> dry electrode EEG data classification using transfer learning.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Dry electrode EEG data were acquired in 13 subjects while physiological and technical artifacts were induced. Data were per 2-second segment labeled as <em>clean</em> or <em>artifact</em> and split in an 80% train and 20% test set. With the train set, we fine-tuned a pre-trained CNN for <em>clean</em> versus <em>artifact</em> wet electrode EEG data classification using 3-fold cross validation. The three fine-tuned CNNs were combined in one final <em>clean</em> versus <em>artifact</em> classification algorithm, in which the majority vote was used for classification. We calculated accuracy, F1-score, precision, and recall of the pre-trained CNN and fine-tuned algorithm when applied to unseen test data.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The algorithm was trained on 0.40 million and tested on 0.17 million overlapping EEG segments. The pre-trained CNN had a test accuracy of 65.6%. The fine-tuned <em>clean</em> versus <em>artifact</em> classification algorithm had an improved test accuracy of 90.7%, F1-score of 90.2%, precision of 89.1% and recall of 91.2%.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Despite a relatively small dry electrode EEG dataset, transfer learning enabled development of a high performing CNN-based algorithm for <em>clean</em> versus <em>artifact</em> classification.</p></div><div><h3>Significance</h3><p>Development of CNNs for classification of dry electrode EEG data is challenging as dry electrode EEG datasets are sparse. Here, we show that transfer learning can be used to overcome this problem.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45697,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology Practice","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 88-91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10196906/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9506582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}