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Introduction to Electrodiagnostic Medicine

• List several textbooks on electrodiagnostic medicine and discuss the benefits and limitations of each text.
• Recite several applications of electrodiagnostic medicine and discuss the utility of each of the tests performed.
• Describe the components required to perform an electrodiagnostic examination.
• Compare and contrast peripheral nerve injury classifications.
• Define some of the current terminology used in electrodiagnostic medicine.
• Compare and contrast the different types of electrodes used in electrodiagnostic medicine.
• Describe terminal motor latencies.
• Describe sensory and motor conduction velocities and studies.
• Describe electromyography.
• Discuss orthodromic and anti-dromic testing.
• Define motor unit potentials and discuss the normal and abnormal phases.
• Describe the varieties of evoked potentials and discuss the clinical utility of ordering each test.
• Describe the varieties of late potentials and discuss the clinical utility of ordering these tests.
• Identify the relevant neuroanatomy of the peripheral nervous system.
• Demonstrate median and ulnar nerves and the position of the various electrodes in common motor and sensory electrodiagnostic studies of the median and ulnar nerves.
• Discuss the conditions and circumstances when electrodiagnostic testing of the central nervous system may be beneficial or necessary.
• Describe the various electrodiagnostic procedures for the peripheral nervous system.
• Differentiate between motor unit potentials (MUP’s), fibrillations, positive sharp waves and sensory nerve action potentials (SNAP’s). 
• Contrast and compare electrodiagnostic tests for extremity complaints such as weakness and sensory loss.
• Define the role of electrodiagnosis in clinical practice.