Thread: EMG testing
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Old 04-21-2011, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by tysondouglass View Post
I think when I had my sfemg done i had both done- without knowing at first. First they did the electric shock part- then the needl aspect of the test. I believe this makes it more accurate.

It truly is not too painful..promise.
Right, I think they often do an EMG (with shocks) first, and then an SFEMG on the same visit. The first time I had this done, the EMG was normal, but the SFEMG was borderline. So the second time, they just did the SFEMG (no shocks).

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