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Time Course of EMG/NCS Findings

Topic: Pharmacology

Created on Tuesday, January 16 2007 by

Last modified on Thursday, January 25 2007.

Sadly, you suffer from a compound fracture of your left 5th toe. Your diabolical surgeon recommends general anesthesia for an open reduction.
When you awaken, he proudly announces, "Congratulations! I have successfully severed your median nerve at its origin off the brachial plexus!"
You are understandably dumbfounded.

On needle EMG, when might you expect to see long, large, polyphasic motor unit action potentials in the affected muscles?

 
        A) Several months
 
        B) 10 to 14 days
 
        C) 7 to 10 days
 
        D) 3 to 4 weeks
 
        E) Never
 

 


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A) several months

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After an injury which causes destruction of a peripheral nerve or root, reinnervation typically takes months to occur. Long, large, polyphasic units are a sign of reinnervation.  (See References)

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B) 10 to 14 days

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After an injury which causes destruction of a peripheral nerve or root, reinnervation typically takes months to occur. Long, large, polyphasic units are a sign of reinnervation.  (See References)

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C) 7 to 10 days

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After an injury which causes destruction of a peripheral nerve or root, reinnervation typically takes months to occur. Long, large, polyphasic units are a sign of reinnervation.  (See References)

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D) 3 to 4 weeks

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After an injury which causes destruction of a peripheral nerve or root, reinnervation typically takes months to occur. Long, large, polyphasic units are a sign of reinnervation.  (See References)

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E) never

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After an injury which causes destruction of a peripheral nerve or root, reinnervation typically takes months to occur. Long, large, polyphasic units are a sign of reinnervation.  (See References)

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References:

1. Preston, D.C., and Shapiro, B.E. (2005). Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical-Electrophysiologic Correlations, 2nd Edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia.
2. Guarantors of Brain. (2000). Aids to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System, fourth edition. W.B. Saunders, Edinburgh.
3. Moore, K.L. (1992). Clinical Oriented Anatomy, 3rd Edition. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.
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Time Course of EMG/NCS Findings
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