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  • Title: Electrodiagnostic techniques in the evaluation of nerve compressions and injuries in the upper limb.
    Author: Stewart JD.
    Journal: Hand Clin; 1986 Nov; 2(4):677-87. PubMed ID: 3793766.
    Abstract:
    Nerve conduction studies and the needle examination of muscles (EMG) are valuable aids in the evaluation of acute and chronic focal neuropathies. A careful clinical examination, however, remains the best way to assess patients with these disorders. In an acute and apparently complete nerve lesion, the main drawbacks of electrophysiologic testing are that a full evaluation cannot usually be done before 10 days after the injury, and the differentiation between axonotmesis and neurotmesis cannot be made.
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