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Online Publication Date: May 01, 2015

The Effects of QEEG-Guided Neurofeedback on Postconcussion Syndrome

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This brief report describes the case of a 17-year-old female athlete who suffered two consecutive concussions, producing headache symptoms. The athlete was assessed following the initial concussion with quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) and an integrated visual and auditory continuous performance test (IVA). Twenty-two sessions of QEEG-guided neurofeedback produced normalization of the QEEG and IVA profiles and a cessation of headaches. A second concussion then produced further abnormalities in the QEEG and the IVA. A final course of 40 sessions of neurofeedback was again successful in normalizing both cortical activity on the QEEG and scores on the IVA.

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The subject's postconcussion/preneurofeedback quantitative electroencephalogram shows significant slow electroencephalogram activity in the frontal location, where her traumatic brain injury had occurred.


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The athlete during a neurofeedback training session.


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Graphic display showing the Theta/Beta ratios at two cortical sites over time.


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Postneurofeedback quantitative electroencephalogram (2009).


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Graphic display of the IVA visual scores over time.


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Graphic display of the integrated visual and auditory continuous performance test (IVA) auditory scores over time.


Michael Linden


Contributor Notes

Correspondence: Michael Linden, PhD, Linden Attention Learning Center, 31899 Del Obispo, Suite 150, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675, email: drmike49@aol.com.