This is a training protocol to enable fellows in clinical neurophysiology to learn and perform technically advanced electrodiagnostic studies, such as single fiber EMG and macro EMG, on patients with neuromuscular diseases.
INCLUSION CRITERIA: Adult patients with weakness or motor dysfunction: 8/year. Normal volunteers, adults: 2/year. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Anticoagulation or uncorrected bleeding disorder. Children are not optimal subjects for fellows undergoing training in these techniques and will be excluded.
Study Location
Maryland