Effects of Exercise on EEG Activity and Standard Tools Used to Assess Concussion

Figure 3

Effects of moderate exercise on qEEG relative spectral power. Spectral power was quantified for each subject during eyes closed (EC) (left; n = 14) and eyes open (EO) (right; n = 16) tasks. For each spectral band ((a) delta, (b) theta, (c) alpha, (d) beta, and (e) gamma), the mean relative power during each task is plotted during baseline (open circle) and after 1-mile run (closed circle). EEG was recorded from position Fp1 (international 10–20 montage placement system). EC data from two subjects contained too much artifact noise and were excluded from analysis. Plot conventions are as described in Figure 1.

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