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This CME program focuses on basic and advanced electrodiagnostic techniques used in the evaluation of patients with actual or suspected neuromuscular disease. Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders – A Comprehensive Review includes the latest research, updates and current standards of care to help you better:
• Recognize classic, possible, and unlikely neuromuscular disorders according to clinical symptoms
• Assess the need of laboratory tests, electrodiagnostic studies, imaging, and muscle and nerve biopsies to establish a diagnosis
• Illustrate effective management of painful neuropathies
• Outline strategies to deliver the best care possible to patients with neuromuscular disorders
• Basics of Nerve Conduction Studies – Sanjeev D. Nandedkar, PhD
• Specific Motor Conduction Studies – Michael P. Bowley, MD, PhD
• Specific Sensory Conduction Studies – Michael P. Bowley, MD, PhD
• Evaluation of Neuromuscular Junction – William S. David, MD, PhD
• EMG: Spontaneous Activity – William S. David, MD, PhD
• EMG: Voluntary Activity – William S. David, MD, PhD
• EMG: Anatomy, Needle Placement – Emer McGrath, MB, BCh, PhD
• Autonomic Testing – William S. David, MD, PhD
• Decomposition-Based Quantitative EMG/Motor Unit Number Estimation – Sanjeev D. Nandedkar, PhD
• Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound – Amanda C. Guidon, MD
• Focal Mononeuropathies in the Arm – Steven A. Greenberg, MD
• Electrophysiologic Approach to Brachial Plexopathies – William S. David, MD, PhD
• The Patient with Focal Leg Symptoms and Signs – William S. David, MD,PhD
• Lower Extremity Plexopathies/Radiculopathies – Haatem M. Reda, MD
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – Katherine A. Nicholson, MD
• Case Histories: MND Variants and Mimics – William S. David, MD, PhD
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy – Basil T. Darras, MD
• Approach to Neuropathy – Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth and Other Hereditary Disorders – Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Related Disorders – David A. Chad, MD
• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Neuropathy and Related Disorders – David A. Chad, MD
• Neuropathies Associated with Systemic Disease and Cancer – Christopher T. Doughty, MD
• Toxic Polyneuropathies – Mohammad Kian Salajegheh, MD
• Treatment of Painful Neuropathy – Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD
• Myasthenia Gravis – Amanda C. Guidon, MD
• Congenital, Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, Botulism – Amanda C. Guidon, MD
• Approach to Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders – Anthony A. Amato, MD
• Muscular Dystrophies – Anthony A. Amato, MD
• Congenital Myopathies – Basil T. Darras, MD
• Metabolic Myopathies – Anthony A. Amato, MD
• Mitochondrial Neuromyopathies – Anthony A. Amato, MD
• Muscle Channelopathies – Mohammad Kian Salajegheh, MD
• Inflammatory Myopathies – Steven A. Greenberg, MD
• Myopathies Associated with Systemic Disease and Toxic Myopathies – Anthony A. Amato, MD
• Approach to the Floppy Infant – Basil T. Darras, MD
• Approach to Muscle and Nerve Biopsies – Anthony A. Amato, MD
• Neuromuscular Mimics – Erik R. Ensrud, MD
• Rehabilitation of Neuromuscular Disorders – Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD
• Injection Therapies (Botulinum Toxin) – Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
• Perform a history and examination in order to evaluate patients presenting with actual or suspected neuromuscular complaints
• Recognize classic, possible, and unlikely neuromuscular disorders according to clinical symptoms
• Apply current literature on electrodiagnostic medicine and neuromuscular disorders to the evaluation and management of patients
• Analyze whether laboratory tests, electrodiagnostic studies, imaging, and muscle and nerve biopsies are necessary or unnecessary for diagnosis
• Assess relevant treatment options
• Develop improved competence in providing optimal care to the neuromuscular patient
• Predict and manage patient expectations regarding treatment, outcomes, rehabilitation, and prognosis
• Summarize treatment options for painful neuropathies
Intended Audience
This educational activity was designed for Neurologists, Physiatrists (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation doctors), Neurology residents and fellows PM&R residents and fellows.
Designation
• Updated for Re-Release: July 31, 2018
• Date of Original Release: March 31, 2016
• Date Credits Expire: July 31, 2021