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EMG
NPTE: EMG abnormal action potentials & meanings (scorebuilders 2008)
| Abnormal potentials | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Spontaneous: • Fibrillation potentials | • LMN disease |
| Spontaneous: • Positive sharp | • denervated muscle disease |
| Spontaneous: • Fasciculations | • Irritation/degeneration of anterior horn cells • Nerve root compression or muscle spasm |
| Spontaneous: • Repetitive discharges | • Lesion of anterior horn cells and peripheral nerves • Myopathies |
| Voluntary: • Polyphasic potentials | • Myopathies, muscles or peripheral nerve involvement |