Neuromuscular Complications of Critical Illness: Evaluation of the Patient with a Suspected Critical Illness Neuromuscular Disorder Daniel M. Clinchot Introduction Critical illness neuromuscular disorders are more common than you might…
Pictorial Guide to Nerve Conduction Techniques Henry L. Lew Su-Ju Tsai Abbreviations for the electrode placement are as follows: E1 Placement of the active electrode E2 Placement of the reference…
Pictorial Guide to Muscles and Surface Anatomy Henry L. Lew Su-Ju Tsai Table 8-1 Masseter (Fig. 8-1) Figure 8-1 • Masseter muscle Innervation Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (cranial…
Evaluation of the Patient with Suspected Myopathy Albert C. Clairmont Bakri Elsheikh Yousef M. Mohammad Introduction Electrodiagnostic findings in myopathy may result from a number of factors, including abnormalities or…
Electrodiagnostic Approach to Patients with Suspected Radiculopathy Timothy R. Dillingham Introduction Cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathies are conditions involving a pathologic process affecting the spinal nerve root. Commonly, this is a…
Evaluation of the Patient with Suspected Peripheral Neuropathy James W. Albers Introduction The clinical electromyographer is referred a patient with slowly progressive extremity weakness, mild sensory loss, and areflexia. The…
Entrapment Neuropathies and Other Focal Neuropathies (Including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) Lawrence R. Robinson General Approaches to the Study of Entrapment There are a number of general considerations when evaluating any…
Instrumentation Sanjeev D. Nandedkar Introduction The primary function of an electromyograph is to record, amplify, and display a low-amplitude neurophysiologic signal in the presence of high-amplitude ambient noise and interference….
Quality Improvement and Reporting in Electrodiagnostic Medicine William S. Pease What is Quality? Physicians and healthcare institutions are expected to put their best efforts into improving quality of care and…
Advanced Needle EMG Methods Erik Stålberg Introduction The organization of muscle fibers within the motor unit (MU) changes in typical ways in different nerve and muscle disorders. Many forms of…
