EMG/NCS Online Series: Volume IX Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

EMG/NCS Online Series: Volume IX Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome About 1 in 500 outpatient visits to all doctors were related to carpal tunnel syndrome in 2006”. In this DVD the authors provide a comprehensive summary of CTS. After discussing the anatomy of the median nerve, the different types of anastomosis are presented. Next, the authors illustrate manual muscle testing, assessment of sensation, and ‘signs’. This is followed by demonstration of a battery of electrodiagnostic studies. ‘Questions and Answers’ address many important and practical issues such as patient management, diabetes, etc. The case studies reveal the thought process to rule in/out the CTS. Supplementary material includes suggested reference values and ‘Practice Parameters’ by AANEM.

• Anatomy
• Muscles and Nerves
• Anomalous Innervation
• Muscle Localization
• Sensory NCS
• Median Nerve
• Index Finger – Antidromic
• Long Finger – Antidromic
• Index Finger – Orthodromic
• Comparison Techniques
• Thumb
• Bactrian Sign
• Ring Finger
• Mixed (Palmar)
• Across Wrist
• Combined Sensory Index
• Calculation
• In Cold Hand
• After Warning
• Discussion
• Motor NCS
• APB Recording
• Midpalm Stimulation
• Lumbricals
• Pronator Quadratus
• Martin Gruber
• F Wave
• Technical Matters
• Filters – Motor
• Filters – Sensory
• Temperature
• Electrode Separation
• Electrode Size
• Excessive Stimulation
• Pin Stimulation
• Questions and Answers
• Technical
• Index or Long Finger?
• Amplitude Measurement
• Use of Averager
• Distance and Normal Values
• Temperature Control
• Needle Recording / Stimulation
• Clinical
• Workup
• Grading CTS
• Needle EMG
• Inching Technique
• Martin Gruber
• Diabetes
• Double Crush
• Axonal Loss
• Michael T. Andary, M.D., M.S.Lawrence R. Robinson, M.D.
• Physical Examination
• Manual Muscle Testing
• Sensation
• Signs
• Case Studies
• Diagnostic Strategy
• Case 1
• Case 2
• Case 3
• Case 4