NOW IN ITS FOURTH EDITION, THIS TEXT GIVES PHYSIATRY AND NEUROLOGY RESIDENTS A COMPREHENSIVE, PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROMYOGRAPHY. SECTION I REVIEWS THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVE PROBLEMS IN RELATION TO THE PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES. SECTION II PROVIDES TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, INSTRUMENTATION, AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES, WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING IMPORTANT SURFACE ANATOMY. SECTION III GUIDES PHYSICIANS THROUGH VARIOUS CLINICAL EMG PROBLEMS, BEGINNING WITH THE PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS AND PROCEEDING THROUGH ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSIS. THIS EDITION INCLUDES OVER 500 NEW ILLUSTRATIONS.A BOUND-IN CD-ROM CONTAINS DIGITAL VIDEOCLIPS OF EMG RECORDINGS AND TEST QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR CME CREDIT. INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (THE ABCS OF EMG)ANATOMY FOR THE ELECTROMYOGRAPHER ERNEST W. JOHNSON, VIVEK KADYAN, AND DENISE L. DAVISTHE ABC'S OF THE NEEDLE EMG EXAM ERNEST W. JOHNSON, DENISE L. DAVIS, AND VIVEK KADYANBASIC NERVE CONDUCTION TECHNIQUES ROBERT J. WEBERTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF EMGELECTROPHYSIOLOGY JUN KIMURAINSTRUMENTATION SANJEEV D. NANDEDKARADVANCED NEEDLE EMG METHODS ERIK STÃ¥LBERGPICTORIAL GUIDE TO MUSCLES AND SURFACE ANATOMY HENRY L. LEW AND SU-JU TSAINERVE CONDUCTION TECHNIQUES HENRY L. LEW AND SU-JU TSAIREPORTING AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WILLIAM S. PEASESOLVING THE PROBLEMS IN CLINICAL EMGEVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED ENTRAPMENT LAWRENCE R. ROBINSONEVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY JAMES W. ALBERSEVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED RADICULOPATHY OR PLEXOPATHY TIMOTHY R. DILLINGHAMEVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED MYOPATHY ALBERT C. CLAIRMONT, BAKRI ELSHEIKH, AND YOUSEF M. MOHAMMADEVALUATION OF THE PATIENT IN THE ICU WITH WEAKNESS OR RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTY DANIEL M. CLINCHOTEVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH SUSPECTED NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASE WILLIAM J. LITCHYPEDIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS IN ELECTROMYOGRAPHY ROSALIND J. BATLEYAPPENDICESGLOSSARYTESTAPPENDIX | |