Surface
electromyography
Clinical use. It is used for the surface evaluation (without the
use of needles) of muscle recruitment in all pathologies of the central and
peripheral nervous system and myopathies.
Protocol. Without using needles but using simple adhesive
plates (such as those used in electrocardiography), surface electrodes are
placed on the deficient muscle to be studied. Depending on how many channels
are used, one or more muscles can be tested simultaneously. With it you can
study all the muscle strength deficits of central or peripheral origin.
Procedures. The indicators used are: type of recruitment in
percentage, fatigue chart. The subject is asked to recruit the muscle (s) to be
analyzed for 2 minutes.
Conclusions. Within 30 minutes the operator analyzes the data
(indicators), prints the graphs and concludes, delivering everything to the
patient in a sealed envelope.
The report written and signed by the doctor with the
diagnostic conclusions, prescriptions or therapeutic or clinical in-depth
recommendations (
Instrumental exams can then be repeated for normal
follow-up based on the indicators to be checked over time. If, in order to
check over time, the same doctor prescribes the tests to be repeated on a
company request.
