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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 bunions. Your diabolical surgeon recommends general anesthesia for a bunionectomy.
When you awaken, he proudly announces, "Congratulations! I have successfully severed your C6 nerve roots as they exit the spinal cord!"
You are rather concerned.

On needle EMG, when will you be able to find fibrillations in intrinsic muscles of the hand?

A) Immediately

B) 3 to 4 weeks

C) 4 to 6 weeks

D) Never

E) 10 to 14 days

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ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

A) immediately

This answer is incorrect.

C6 does not typically provide innervation to the intrinsic muscles of the hand. (See References)


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B) 3 to 4 weeks

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C6 does not typically provide innervation to the intrinsic muscles of the hand. (See References)


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C) 4 to 6 weeks

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C6 does not typically provide innervation to the intrinsic muscles of the hand. (See References)


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D) never

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C6 does not typically provide innervation to the intrinsic muscles of the hand. (See References)


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E) 10 to 14 days

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C6 does not typically provide innervation to the intrinsic muscles of the hand. (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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