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EMG Resources and Articles

EMG Quick Review Sheet

• Brachial Plexus Diagram
• Polyneuropathy Chart
• ALS Quick Review
• Neuromuscular Junction Testing
• Lumbosacral Plexus
• F and H Wave
• Need EMG - Spontaneous Activity
• Lower Extremity Radiculopathy Chart
• Upper Extremity Radiculopathy Chart
• Brachial Plexopathy Review Charts

External Web Resources

• Intro to NCS/EMG Website (McGill University)
• Muscle and Nerve Histology/pathology (UCSF)
• Neuromuscular Disease Website (Washington Univ, St Louis)
• AAPMR EMG Case Studies
• UW Radiology Muscle Atlas
• Easy way to remember drawing the brachial plexus

Nerve Anatomy Reviews

• Ulnar Nerve Review
• Radial Nerve Review
• Median Nerve Review
• Tibial Nerve Anatomy
• Peroneal Nerve Anatomy

Recommended Articles: Case Reports

• #1 Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow
• #3 Myastenia Gravis
• #4 Guillan Barre
• #8 Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
• #12 Common Peroneal Neuropathy
• #13 Diabetic Amyotrophy
• #14 Neuralgic Amyotrophy
• #15 Ulnar Neuropathy at the Wrist
• #16 Botulism
• #17 MGUS
• #18 Ulnar Neuropathy in the Forearm
• #20 HSMN1
• #22 Polymyositis
• #23 Acute Polio
• #24 Post Traumatic Syrinx
• #25 Anterior Interosseous Syndrome
• #26 Seventh Cranial Neuropathy
• #27 Acute Radial Neuropathy
• #28 Monomelic Amyotrophy
• #29 Prolonged Paralysis following Neuromuscular Blockade
• #30 Multifocal Motor Neruopathy
• #31 Paraneoplastic Sensory Neuropathy
• #32 Nerve Injury in Hip Arthroplasty
• #33 Costoclavicular Mass
• NEJM Case: Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block
• NEJM Case: Guillan-Barre Syndrome
• NEJM Case: Hypotonic Infant
• NEJM Case: Myasthenia Gravis
• NEJM Case: Tick Paralysis
• NEJM Case: ALS
• NEJM Case: Progressive Muscular Atrophy
• NEJM Case: Lyme Disease
• NEJM Case: Vasculitic Neuropathy
• NEJM Case: Charcot Marie Tooth Type 2
• NEJM Case: CIDP Pediatric
• NEJM Case: CIDP Adult
• NEJM Case: Sensory Neuropathy Associated with SCLC
• NEJM Case: Leprous Neuropathy
• NEJM Case: Small Fiber Neuropathy
• NEJM: Cervical Radiculopathy

Recommended Articles: Minimonographs

• #2 Anomalous Innervations
• #3 Motor Unit Recruitment
• #10 Volume Conduction
• #11 Needle EMG - REVISED Jan 2009
• #13 H and F Waves
• #14 Temperature
• #16 Instrumentation Part 1
• #16 Instrumentation Part 2
• #18 Motor Neuron Disease
• #19 SSEP
• #25 Single Fiber EMG
• #26 CTS
• #27 Myotonic Syndromes
• #28 Peripheral Nerve Trauma
• #30 Myoclonus
• #31 Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow
• #32 Radiculopathy
• #33 Neuromuscular Junction
• #34 Polyneuropathy
• #36 Basic Concepts in Electricity
• #37 Myokymia
• #38 Connective Tissue Disease
• #40 Respiratory System
• #41 HIV
• #43 Instrumental Musicians
• #44 Excessive Motor Unit Activity
• #46 Neurogenic Muscle Hypertrophy
• #48 Autonomic System Testing

Recommended Articles: Practice Topics

• Waveform Illustrations
• Concsensus Criteia in Dx of Mulifocal Motor
• Ethics in Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Peroneal Neuropathy
• Tarsal Tunnel
• Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow

Recommended Articles: Review

• Brachial Plexopathies
• Congenital Myopathies
• Critical Illness
• Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
• Muscle Cramps
• Post-Polio Syndrome
• Primary Lateral Sclerosis
• Sensory Neuronopathies
• Stiff Person Syndrome
• Uremic Neuropathy
• CIDP
• Lead Neuropathies
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Surgical Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Recommended Articles: Other

• SEP How To Manual
• Electrodiagnosis in the ICU
• Electrodiagnosis in the SCI Patient
• Denervation after Stroke
• AAN: distal symmetricpolyneuropathy guidelines
• Guide to the Motor Unit
• The Robinson Index

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America (Feb 2013)
Electrodiagnosis of Neuromuscular Disorders

• Brachial Plexopathies
• Cervical Radiculopathy
• CTS
• Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy
• Lumbar Radiculopathy
• Lumbosacral Plexopathies
• Motor Neuron Disease
• Myopathies
• Myotonic Disorders
• Neuromuscular Transmission
• Peripheral Neuropathies
• Radical Neuropathies
• Sciatic Neuropathies
• Ulnar Neuropathies