Electromyography and neuromuscular disorders : clinical-electrophysiologic correlations / David C. Preston, Barbara E. Shapiro.

Previous ed.: Philadephia, Pa.; London: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of nerve conduction studies and electromyography -- Approach to nerve conduction studies and electromyography -- Anatomy and neurophysiology -- Fundamentals of nerve conduction studies -- Basic nerve conduction studies -- Late responses -- Blink reflex -- Repetitive nerve stimulation -- Sources of error: anomalies, artifacts, technical factors and statistics -- Anomalous innervations -- Artifacts and technical factors -- Basic statistics for electrodiagnostic studies -- Detailed nerve conduction studies -- Routine upper extremity, facial and phrenic nerve conduction techniques -- Routine lower extremity nerve conduction studies -- Fundamentals of electromyography -- Basic overview of electromyography -- Anatomy for needle electromyography -- Basic electromyography: analysis of spontaneous activity -- Basic electromyography: analysis of motor unit action potentials -- Clinical-electrophysiologic correlations -- Clinical-electrophysiologic correlations: overview and common patterns -- Common mononeuropathies -- Median neuropathy at the wrist -- Proximal median neuropathy -- Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow -- Ulnar neuropathy at the wrist -- Radial neuropathy -- Peroneal neuropathy -- Femoral neuropathy -- Tarsal tunnel syndrome -- Facial and trigeminal neuropathy -- Polyneuropathy -- Motor neuron disease -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and its variants -- Atypical motor neuron diseases -- Radiculopathy, plexopathies and proximal neuropathies -- Radiculopathy -- Brachial plexopathy -- Proximal neuropathies of the shoulder and arm -- Lumbosacral plexopathy -- Sciatic neuropathy -- Disorders of neuromuscular junction and muscle -- Neuromuscular junction disorders -- Myopathy -- Myotonic muscle disorders and periodic paralysis syndromes -- Electromyography in special clinical settings -- Approach to electrodiagnostic studies in the intensive care unit -- Approach to pediatric electromyography -- Electronics and instrumentation -- Basis of electricity and electronics for electrodiagnostic studies -- Electrical safety and iatrogenic complications of electrodiagnostic studies.