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