How to Interpret Needle EMG Study
Gabriela Figueiredo Pucci, Jonathan Minkis, Marcus V. Pinto, Aaron S. Zelikovich · 2026
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Description
Gabriela Pucci, Jonathan Minkis, Marcus Pinto, and Aaron Zelikovich offer a visual teaching aid for reading needle EMG tests. Their 2026 piece is aimed at medical students and neurology residents. A needle EMG, done after nerve conduction studies, helps locate disease anywhere from the spinal cord's motor cells to the muscle itself.
The aid walks through four steps. First, learners check the muscle at rest for stray activity that hints at the disease. Second, they study the shape and firing pattern of motor units while the muscle contracts. Third, they join those clues into a pattern and a location, read beside the nerve study. Fourth, they judge the time course of the changes. Worked figures carry each step. The goal is a habit of reading the test in a fixed, careful order.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gabriela Figueiredo Pucci, Jonathan Minkis, Marcus V. Pinto, Aaron S. Zelikovich |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |