Your doctor may want to exclude the following: Patients that have neck pain hand or arm numbness or tingling are usually referred for the test. What types of conditions are diagnosed with NCV/EMG: patients that complain of burning pain in the feet, hands or fatigue with minimal exertion are excellent candidates for the test. Patients present with a lot of complaints, but the ones that require a nerve test(NCV/EMG) are those that complain of neck or back pain with radiating pain in the arm or legs, muscle weakness or involuntary twitching of muscles. An electromyogram, or EMG, is a test that checks the response of muscles to messages sent by the nerves. The test has two components, the first is the NCV(nerve conduction test), the second component is the needle examination called an electromyogram. What is an NCV/EMG:Īn NCV/EMG test is a diagnostic test that your doctor may order to assist in obtaining additional information in order to assist him/her in making the right diagnosis regarding your medical condition.
The physiatric pain and medical rehabilitation clinic clinicians are well trained and have performed countless numbers of EMG/NCV for private physicians, worker compensation insurance carriers, and for our own private patients. PPMRC NCV/EMG CLINIC: Nerve Conduction Study/ Needle EMG Test
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