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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Feb;97(2):134–140. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000828

Table 1b.

Advanced Worhshop

Required Reading Workshop Outline Techniques
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review; Sara Cuccurullo, MD, Editor; Demos Medical; 3rd ed., pp 392–433.
Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders; David Preston, MD and Barbara Shapiro, MD, PhD, Editors; Elsevier; 3rd ed., pp 36–70;384–447;529–562.

  • Day 1

    • Lectures

      • Advanced Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS)

      • Anomalous Innervations

      • Repetitive Nerve Stimulation

      • Late responses (H-reflex, F-waves)

    • Hands-on practice

    • Case studies

      • Motor Neuron Disease

      • Neuromuscular junction disorders

      • Myopathies

      • Polyneuropathies

  • Day 2

    • Lectures

      • The electrodiagnostic report

      • Common sources of error/artifacts in electrodiagnostics

      • Expert clinical pearls

      • Surface anatomy for EMG-guided botox injections

    • Self Assessment Exam (SAE) Practice Questions

  • Saphenous sensory response

  • Lateral antebrachial cutaneous (LAC) and medial antebrachial cutaneous (MAC) nerves

  • Radial motor response

  • Repetitive Nerve Stimulation

  • H-Reflex

  • F waves

  • EMG-guided botox injections