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Old 05-03-2012, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Anacrusis View Post
Am writing a summary of myasthenic weakness. Have been reading some posts on the site about SFEMG´s and don´t ever remember having any needles involved in the SFEMG I was referred for. Does this sound about right?......
Ulnaris and Facialis muscles......3 and 10 Hz each time with a total of about 50 electric shock/spasms..... no needles but 2 flat electrodes - like silver batteries taped to wrist and neck. Took about 20 minutes.....result averaged out few days later (no decrement on my results)
There are two different tests. The one you described with flat electrodes, and the single fiber EMG which uses a needle to target a single nerve fiber. I had both, but it sounds like they made your dx without the single fiber EMG (be thankful).
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