Pocket EMG

Editor/Author Pohlman, Dane
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing

Single-User Purchase Price: $54.99
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $82.48
ISBN: 978-1-62-070038-9
Category: Health & Medicine - Medicine
Image Count: 103
Book Status: Available
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This handy, practical resource designed for quick reference at the point of care covers a wide spectrum of electrodiagnostic tests. Written for both novice and experienced electromyographers, this at-a-glance guide is concise enough to fit in a pocket, yet replete with essential technical detail, pearls, and clinical photos to illustrate proper study set-ups.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Upper Extremity Sensory Studies
  • Median Sensory (Antidromic)
  • Median Sensory Palmar (Antidromic)
  • Ulnar Sensory (Antidromic)
  • Dorsal Ulnar Cutaneous (DUC) Sensory Study
  • Radial Sensory
  • Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous
  • Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous
  • Upper Extremity Motor Studies
  • Median Motor: Distal Stimulation
  • Median Motor: Proximal Stimulation
  • Ulnar Motor Conduction Study
  • Ulnar Motor – Deep Branch
  • Radial Motor Conduction Study
  • Erb's Point (Proximal Upper Extremity Motor Studies)
  • Lower Extremity Sensory Studies
  • Superficial Fibular (Peroneal) Sensory
  • Sural Sensory
  • Saphenous Sensory
  • Medial/Lateral Plantar Nerve Sensory Study
  • Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Sensory Study
  • Lower Extremity Motor Studies
  • Fibular (Peroneal) Motor Study Recording at Extensor Digitorum Brevis
  • Fibular (Peroneal) Motor Conduction Study Recording at Tibialis Anterior
  • Tibial Motor or Medial Plantar Motor (Tibial Medial Branch)
  • Tibial Motor (Tibial Medial Branch)
  • Lateral Plantar Motor (Tibial Lateral Branch)
  • Lateral Plantar Motor Normal Values
  • Femoral Motor
  • Late Responses
  • F-Wave
  • F-Wave Utility
  • H-Reflex
  • H-Reflex Stimulation
  • Other Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Facial Motor Nerve
  • Blink Reflex (Trigeminal and Facial Nerves)
  • Blink Reflex Normal Values
  • Repetitive Nerve Stimulation (RNS) Protocol
  • RNS Frequency
  • Normal RNS Study
  • Presynaptic NMJ Disorder (Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome)
  • Postsynaptic NMJ Disorder (Myasthenia Gravis)
  • 2. NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
  • EMG Introduction
  • Spontaneous Activity
  • Motor Unit Analysis
  • Recruitment
  • Upper Extremity Studies
  • Abductor Pollicis Brevis (APB)
  • Opponens Pollicis
  • Flexor Pollicis Longus
  • Flexor Digitorum Profundus (FDP)
  • Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS)
  • Flexor Carpi Radialis (FCR)
  • Pronator Teres
  • First Dorsal Interosseous (FDI)
  • Abductor Digiti Minimi (ADM)
  • Flexor Carpi Ulnaris (FCU)
  • Extensor Indicis Proprius (EIP)
  • Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU)
  • Extensor Digitorum Communis (EDC)
  • Extensor Carpi Radialis
  • Brachioradialis
  • Anconeus
  • Triceps
  • Biceps Brachii
  • Deltoid
  • Upper Trapezius
  • Supraspinatus
  • Infraspinatus
  • Rhomboid
  • Latissimus Dorsi
  • Serratus Anterior
  • Lower Extremity Studies
  • Extensor Digitorum Brevis (EDB)
  • Extensor Hallucis Longus (EHL)
  • Tibialis Anterior
  • Fibularis (Peroneus) Longus
  • Abductor Hallucis
  • Abductor Digiti Quinti Pedis
  • Gastrocnemius
  • Tibialis Posterior
  • Biceps Femoris (Short Head)
  • Adductor Magnus
  • Vastus Lateralis
  • Iliopsoas
  • Gluteus Medius
  • Tensor Fascia Lata (TFL)
  • Gluteus Maximus
  • Paraspinal Muscles
  • Cervical Paraspinals
  • Lumbar Paraspinals
  • Facial Muscles
  • Tongue
  • Orbicularis Oculi
  • Masseter
  • 3. STUDY PROTOCOLS
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
  • CTS NCS Protocol
  • Combined Sensory Index
  • Median–Ulnar Sensory to the Ring Finger (Ringdiff)
  • Median–Radial Sensory to the Thumb (Thumbdiff)
  • Median–Ulnar Mixed-Nerve From the Palm (Palmdiff)
  • Median–Ulnar Lumbrical-Interosseous Comparison Study
  • Cts Electromyography (EMG) Protocol
  • CTS Severity: AANEM Monograph
  • Anterior Interosseous Neuropathy (AIN)
  • AIN NCS Protocol
  • AIN EMG Protocol
  • Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow (UNE)
  • UNE NCS Protocol
  • UNE Emg Protocol
  • Inching Across the Elbow
  • Ulnar Neuropathy at the Wrist (UNW)
  • UNW NCS Protocol
  • UNW EMG Protocol
  • UNW Severity
  • UNW Different Entrapment Sites
  • Radial Neuropathy
  • Radial Neuropathy NCS Protocol
  • Radial Neuropathy NCS Patterns
  • Radial Neuropathy EMG Protocol
  • Radial Neuropathy EMG Patterns
  • Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy
  • Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy NCS Protocol
  • Fibular Neuropathy NCS Patterns
  • Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy EMG Protocol
  • Fibular Neuropathy EMG Patterns
  • Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Lumbar Radiculopathy
  • Polyneuropathy
  • Polyneuropathy Motor Nerve Conductions
  • Polyneuropathy Sensory Nerve Conductions
  • Polyneuropathy Late Responses
  • Polyneuropathy EMG Protocol
  • Interpretation
  • Demyelination
  • Conduction Block
  • Criteria for Acute Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
  • Criteria for Chronic Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
  • Femoral Neuropathy
  • Femoral Neuropathy NCS Protocol
  • Femoral Neuropathy EMG Protocol
  • Brachial Plexopathy
  • Brachial Plexopathy NCS Protocol
  • Mapping of Sensory Potentials
  • Brachial Plexopathy EMG Protocol
  • Brachial Plexopathy Lesions and Associated Findings
  • Lumbosacral Plexopathy
  • Lumbosacral Plexopathy NCS Protocol
  • Lumbosacral Plexopathy EMG Protocol
  • Diabetic Amyotrophy
  • Sciatic Neuropathy
  • Sciatic Neuropathy NCS Protocol
  • Sciatic Neuropathy EMG Protocol
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome (TTS)
  • TTS NCS Protocol
  • Medial (Left) and Lateral (Right) Plantar Mixed Nerve
  • TTS EMG Protocol
  • Myopathy
  • Myopathy NCS Protocol
  • Myopathy EMG Protocol
  • Myopathic MUAPs
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als)
  • ALS NCS Protocol
  • ALS EMG Protocol
  • Postpolio Syndrome (Pps)
  • PPS NCS Protocol
  • PPS EMG Protocol
  • PPS EMG findings
  • Foot Drop
  • Foot Drop NCS Protocol
  • Foot Drop EMG Protocol
  • Foot Drop Differential Diagnosis
  • 4. HIGh-YIELD INFORMATION
  • Contraindications/Safety in Emg
  • Characteristics of Spontaneous Activity
  • Troubleshooting Checklist
  • Time Course After Axonal Injury
  • Troubleshooting in the Icu
  • Report Writing Template
  • Billing/Coding: NCS
  • Billing/Coding: EMG
  • Normal Values