title: Procedures for the Comparative Testing of Noninvasive Neuroassessment Devices.
abstract: A sequential process for comparison testing of noninvasive neuroassessment devices is presented. Comparison testing of devices in a clinical population should be preceded by computational research and reliability testing with healthy populations, as opposed to proceeding immediately to testing with clinical participants. A five-step process is outlined as follows: 1. Complete a preliminary literature review identifying candidate measures. 2. Conduct systematic simulation studies to determine the computational properties and data requirements of candidate measures. 3. Establish the test-retest reliability of each measure in a healthy comparison population and the clinical population of interest. 4. Investigate the clinical validity of reliable measures in appropriately defined clinical populations. 5. Complete device usability assessment (weight, simplicity of use, cost effectiveness, ruggedness) only for devices and measures that are promising after steps 1 through 4 are completed. Usability may be considered throughout the device evaluation process but such considerations are subordinate to the higher priorities addressed in steps 1 through 4.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Keyser
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Adele M K
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gilpin
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards
keywords: assessment; psychophysiology; test–retest reliability; validity qEEG