Abbreviations Commonly Used in Electromyography

Abbreviations

AAEE

American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis (founded in 1953, name changed to AAEM in 1989)

AAEM

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (name changed to AANEM in 2004)

AANEM

American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine

ABEM

American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

ACh

acetylcholine

AChE

acetylcholinesterase

AChR

acetylcholine receptor

ADEMG

automated decomposition EMG

AEP

auditory evoked potential

CMAP

compound muscle action potential

CMRR

common-mode rejection ratio

CPS

cycles per second; preferred term is Hz

CRD

complex repetitive discharge

CRT

cathode ray tube

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