INTRODUCTION Diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) remains uncertain when nerve conduction studies (NCS) fail to show demyelination. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of patients who presented with clinical criteria of CIDP in whom electrodiagnostic (EDx) criteria of definite or probable CIDP were missing [axonal sensorimotor neuropathy (n = 23), norma...

This is an evidence-based review of electrodiagnostic (EDX) testing of patients with suspected lumbosacral radiculopathy to determine its utility in diagnosis and prognosis. Literature searches were performed to identify articles applying EDX techniques to patients with suspected lumbosacral radiculopathy. From the 355 articles initially discovered, 119 articles describing nerve conduction stud...

Objective: To study the pattern of severity in patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) presented at electrodiagnostic clinic at Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM), Rawalpindi. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Electro-diagnostic Department of Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM), Rawalpindi for 6 mont...

BACKGROUND Ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE) has been diagnosed with clinical examination and electrodiagnostic studies. This study was designed to determine the value of a combination of grey-scale and color Doppler ultrasound findings in the diagnosis of patients with UNE. MATERIALS AND METHODS During May to August 2013 41 patients with UNE (proven by electrodiagnostic studies) and 44 healthy vo...

I ntroduction: Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a rare, treatable, immune-mediated neuropathy often associated with multifocal conduction block (CB). The hallmark electrodiagnostic feature is the presence of CB occurring at non-entrapment sites. However, MMN without CB has also been described and can be diagnosed, even in the absence of CB. Therefore, it is crucial to diagnose and identify ...

BACKGROUND Although phlebotomy is a common procedure, there is limited information concerning to documented complications of venipuncture. CASE PRESENTATION A 45 year old left- handed woman was refered for elecrodiagnostic study with dysesthesia and pain in left medial forearm. She noted these symptoms three weeks after phelebotomy. Electrodiagnostic study showed severe involvement of left si...

introduction: to study the effects of polarized polychromatic noncoherent light (bioptron) therapy on patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (cts). methods: this study was designed as a randomized clinical trial. forty four patients with mild or moderate cts (confirmed by clinical and electrodiagnostic studies) were assigned randomly into two groups (intervention and control goups). at the beginn...

OBJECTIVE To analyze differences in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) prevalence using a combination of electrodiagnostic studies (EDSs) and symptoms using EDS criteria varied across a range of cutpoints and compared with symptoms in both ≥1 and ≥2 median nerve-served digits. DESIGN Pooled data from 5 prospective cohorts. SETTING Hand-intensive industrial settings, including manufacturing, assem...