#2 Physical Medicine & Rehab. State-Of-The-Art-Review (1999)

EVALUATING RADICULOPATHY: HOW USEFUL IS ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTING?

Note: This State-Of-The-Art-Review is cited several times annually and referenced in insurance coverage statements.

QUOTES:

Pg. 251-52: “It is difficult or impossible to clinically estimate the type or severity of nerve injury with EMG, only if there is observable muscle atrophy can one be certain motor axon degeneration has occurred.”

Pg. 258: “Studies focus on surgical case… Sensitivities typically reported in the literature are falsely elevated and tend to lull us into thinking that electrodiagnostic evaluation of radiculopathy is both sensitive and specific.”