After suffering from a muscular injury such as carpal tunnel or a pinched nerve, your doctor might call for an electromyogram (EMG). The test uses needles and small shocks to test the signaling of ...

This week we are going to discuss a diagnostic test which is often ordered to differentiate between diseases of the nerve and muscle, as well as the nerve itself and the myelin sheath of the nerve. A ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electromyography (EMG), a diagnostic procedure used to assess muscle and nerve damage, has become a major area of concern and a potential gateway for medical fraud ...

Peter L. Salgo, MD: Let’s talk about clinical sense right now. Let’s go over something like the diagnostic work-up for SMA [spinal muscular atrophy], all right? What does that include? John Brandsema, ...

Doctors may use a range of tests to diagnose myasthenia gravis (MG), including blood tests, nerve conduction tests, and imaging tests. MG is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the voluntary ...

Grossinger Neuropain Specialists in Wilmington, Del., have announced that they now have Electromyography (EMG) to help find the root of pain problems. Electromyography is a test that can be used to ...

There’s no test to tell you if you have chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Its symptoms are similar to Guillain-Barre syndrome, but unlike GBS, those symptoms. If you’ve had ...