Comparison of Quantified Ipsilateral and Contralateral Head Movements in Patients with Frontal and Temporal Lobe Epilepsies

We have attempted to compare the lateralizing significance of ipsilateral and contralateral head movements during seizures in patients with frontal (FLE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We inlcuded only EEG and video recorded seizures (n=45) of patients with temporal lobe (n=18) and frontal lobe epilepsies (n=16) considered for resective epilepsy surgery, in whom the camera position was perpendicular to the head facing the camera in an upright position. FLE and TLE were diagnosed based on neuroimaging (MRI, PET, ictal SPECT), and interictal and ictal EEG. Head turning in a reaction to outside stimuli was exclu…