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WHAT exactly is AN EMG?
According to the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine is the medical subspecialty that applies neurophysiologic techniques to diagnose, evaluate, and treat patients with impairments of the neurologic, neuromuscular, and muscular systems.
When your nerves and muscles are working properly, the nerves send and muscles respond to electrical impulses that tell them to function in a certain way. If your nerves or muscles are not working properly, it may be a sign the electrical signals are either not being sent accurately or not being received accurately.
If you have numbness, tingling, pain, weakness, or muscle cramping, your doctor may send you to have an EMG or nerve conduction studies. Electrodiagnostic medicine, using either an electromyography test or nerve conduction study, can help determine whether you have a nerve or muscle condition. These tests allow doctors to discover the underlying cause of your problem and prescribe appropriate treatment.
