Easy EMG, 3E

1 What is an EMG?
2 Why Perform Electrodiagnostic Studies?
3 About the Machine
4 Nerve Conduction Studies
5 Electromyography
6 Injuries to Peripheral Nerves
7 How to Plan Out the Examination
8 Pitfalls
9 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
10 Ulnar Neuropathy
11 Radial Neuropathy
12 Radiculopathy
13 Spinal Stenosis
14 Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy
15 Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
16 Peripheral Polyneuropathy
17 Myopathy
18 Brachial Plexopathies
19 Lumbosacral Plexopathies
20 Motor Neuron Diseases
21 Critical Illness Neuropathy and Myopathy
22 Inflammatory Neuropathies
23 Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
24 How to Write a Report
25 Tables of Normals
26 Reimbursement
 Appendix:
 Appendix 1. Figures for Table 4.3 (Nerve Conduction Studies Setup)
 Appendix 2. Figures for Table 5.4 (Common Muscles - Innervation, Location, and Needle Placement)
27 Appendix 3: Summary of Electrodiagnostic Findings in Specific Clinical Condition

By Lyn D Weiss, MD, Chairman and Director of Residency Training, Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Director of Electrodiagnostic Services, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, USA; Jay M. Weiss, MD, Long Island Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jericho, NY; Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stony Brook College of Medicine Stony Brook, NY, USA and Julie K. Silver, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts