View Single Post
Old 05-23-2010, 06:48 AM
glenntaj glenntaj is offline
Magnate
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
15 yr Member
glenntaj glenntaj is offline
Magnate
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
15 yr Member
Default That designation--

--means that some of your EMG readings produced action potentials outside the normative ranges that have been set up for your height, weight, and age (these certainly cause the normative ranges to vary), but apparently there is no severe damage, at least to the large nerves they've tested, as of yet.


The report is interesting in that they've apparently tested various parts of your body--what are your symptoms, and where are they?

Cycleops does have a point--EMG/nerve conduction studies can only measure gross changes in larger, myelinated nerves; problems with small, unmyelinated nerves do not show up there (those nerves are too small to be measured that way), but can be very symptomatic. If one's EMG/NCV is basically normal, the logical next step is to examine the smaller fibers.
glenntaj is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote