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When do you order an EMG for evaluation of patients with movement disorders?

Do EMG studies such as myoclonus or tremor studies change your management?
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Neurology · Wake Forest School of Medicine
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I can think of only two reasons to order EMG for my Movement disorders patients. There may be more but these I recall:

  • Determine frequency when suspecting orthostatic tremor. I do not order it for any other type of tremor.
  • A Parkinsonian patient having neck extensor weakness when I am evaluating for coexisting myopathy.

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