Electromyography (EMG)

Electromyography (EMG) is a type of muscle test, that measures the electrical activity of muscles. It’s a painless test that can reveal diseases that damage muscle tissue and nerves.

An electrical pulse is administered through electrodes to measure your muscle’s response.

 

Useful In Detecting:

 

  • Alcoholic Neuropathy
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Axillary Nerve Dysfunction
  • Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Brachial Plexopathy
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Cervical Radiculopathy – Neck Pain
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease
  • Common Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction
  • Denervation – Reduced Nerve Stimulation
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Diabetic Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
  • Familial Periodic Paralysis
  • Femoral Nerve Dysfunction
  • Friedreich’s Ataxia
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
  • Lumbar Radiculopathy – Back Pain
  • Monoeuritis Multiplex
  • Monoeuropathy Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Myopathy – Muscle Degeneration
  • Neuropathy
  • Neuropathy Femoral
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Peroneal Palsy
  • Polymyositis – Muscle Inflammation
  • Post-Polio Syndrome
  • Radial Nerve Dysfunction
  • Radial Palsy
  • Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy
  • Shy-Drager Syndrome
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
  • Tibial Nerve Dysfunction
  • Ulnar Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
  • Ulner Nerve Dysfunction