Valley’s PMR physician will examine you to determine which tests to perform.
Some of the tests that the doctor may use to diagnose your symptoms are nerve conduction studies, needle EMGs and evoked potentials. You have been referred to have an EMG performed because you have numbness, tingling, pain, weakness, or muscle cramping. In our practice, a board-certified PMR physician performs the EMG. Medical training helps the doctor decide which tests to perform based on your symptoms. Who performs the EMG?Ī physician who performs EMGs has graduated from medical school and has completed four years of training in a residency program such as physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR), or neurology. An EMG translates these signals into waveforms, sounds and numerical values that a physician will interpret to diagnose conditions that can cause numbness, tingling or weakness. Electrical signals travel along the nerve and cause the muscles to contract. Electromyography (EMG) is a diagnostic procedure used to assess the health of muscles and the nerves that control them.
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