CLINICAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND NEUROMUSCULAR DIAGNOSTICS: Evidence-Based Electrodiagnostic Testing, Nerve Conduction Studies, and Neuromuscular Case Interpretation - Couverture souple

Pollich, Miguel; Herzog, Josiah R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798187561872

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Turn complex electrodiagnostic findings into clear, defensible neuromuscular decisions.

Clinical Electromyography and Neuromuscular Diagnostics is a comprehensive professional reference for clinicians and trainees who need to connect nerve conduction data, needle EMG findings, anatomy, physiology, and patient presentation. Rather than treating waveforms as isolated numbers, this book teaches a structured method for selecting studies, recognizing patterns, controlling technical error, and communicating conclusions with appropriate clinical restraint.

Across twenty focused chapters, you will move from motor unit physiology and instrumentation to sensory and motor nerve conduction techniques, late responses, repetitive stimulation, needle strategy, technical artifacts, peripheral neuropathy, focal mononeuropathies, radiculopathy, plexopathy, motor neuron disease, myopathy, neuromuscular junction disorders, pediatric testing, critical illness, ultrasound correlation, reporting, and complex case synthesis.
Clinical opening cases, integration tables, practical quality checks, and disease-pattern discussions keep the material grounded in real diagnostic decisions. The manuscript also addresses consent, infection control, implanted devices, anticoagulation, pediatric comfort, ICU limitations, and communication of uncertain or technically limited findings - areas that determine whether an electrodiagnostic consultation is both useful and safe.

• Build a question-driven electrodiagnostic plan before selecting nerves and muscles.
• Interpret latency, amplitude, duration, area, velocity, recruitment, and motor unit morphology as connected physiologic evidence.
• Differentiate axonal loss, demyelination, conduction block, temporal dispersion, denervation, and chronic reinnervation.
• Localize abnormalities across roots, plexuses, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junctions, and muscle.
• Recognize normal variants, artifacts, temperature effects, stimulation errors, and patient-specific safety limitations.
• Integrate nerve conduction studies, needle EMG, imaging, ultrasound, laboratory data, and the clinical examination.
• Write reports that state localization, severity, activity, chronicity, uncertainty, and meaningful negative findings.

Designed for neurology and physical medicine residents, fellows, practicing clinicians, clinical neurophysiology learners, and electrodiagnostic professionals, this reference supports deliberate study design and disciplined interpretation. Use it to strengthen waveform literacy, improve localization reasoning, and produce reports that another clinician can understand and act upon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798187561872
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 477
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