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Chapter 4 Electrodiagnostic Findings in Neuromuscular Disorders Details of the electrodiagnostic findings in various neuromuscular disorders are outlined within the case studies in this book. The following is a brief…

Case 9 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Right hand weakness and atrophy, without numbness or pain, developed over several months in a 38-year-old man. A prior electromyography (EMG) suggested cervical radiculopathy….

Case 12 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION During an automobile repair, the right arm of a 23-year-old man was pinned under a car for 2 to 3 minutes when the jack…

Case 10 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION An 82-year-old woman tripped and fell on her right shoulder. An anterior dislocation of the right shoulder was reduced on the same day; however,…

Case 6 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Pain and numbness developed in the left big toe of a 28-year-old white man with rheumatoid arthritis. Symptoms were worse upon standing or walking….

Case 26 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 45-year-old man noted numbness in both toes for almost two years prior. The numbness had ascended to the ankles and lower legs. More…

Case 5 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 34-year-old women, gravida 3, para 2 at 40 weeks’ gestation, was admitted for irregular uterine contractions and induction of labor. The pregnancy was…

Case 4 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 49-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis, status post total abdominal colectomy, underwent a proctectomy, using a combined abdominal and perineal approach, for persistent proctitis…

Case 3 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Acute, severe left foot pain and weakness, coincident with an intramuscular gluteal injection of meperidine (Demerol®) developed in a 46-year-old woman, with recurrent cluster…

Case 7 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION In a 72-year-old woman, pain developed in the right anterior thigh and knee, became severe over 2 to 3 weeks, and did not respond…