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EMG and Neurography Course in Uppsala Sweden, 3-7 April 2017

Monday 3 - Watch videos	Speaker	Duration
● The motor unit, anatomy and physiology Basics about MU, morphology, histology, firing rate	Erik Stålberg	45 min
● Practical aspects of the EDX investigation and Recordings Practical, planning, EMG procedure, electrode derivations	Erik Stålberg	45 min
● Needle EMG technique of important muscles Needle EMG, Muscles, EMG electrodes, Needle EMG contraindications	Björn Falck	45 min
● Basic EMG - quantitative EMG (QEMG) MUP and Interference, MUP generation, MUP parameters, Recruitment, EMG at full effort; IP	Erik Stålberg	30 min
● QEMG, DEMO	Erik Stålberg	45 min
● Spontaneous EMG activity Fibrillation potentials, Positive sharp waves, Fasciculations, Myotonic discharges, Complex repetitive discharges, Myokymia, Neuromyotonia, Insertional activity	Björn Falck	30 min
● Neurography QUIZ QUIZ Neurography, see here...	Erik Stålberg	45 min

Tuesday 4 - Watch videos	Speaker	Duration
● EMG in myopathies Myopathy, Principal EMG findings, explanation, special studies: SFEMG, Macro EMG, Scanning EMG, usefulness of EMG in myopathy	Erik Stålberg	60 min
● Myopathies with myotonia or periodic weakness Myotonia, Motonic discharges, Periodic paralysis, Myotonic dystrophy type 1, Myotonic dystrophy type 2, Myotonia congenita, Motonia congenirta recessive, Becker type, Myotonia congenita, dominant, Thomsen, Paramyotonia congenita, Na chanelopathies, Cl channelopathies, Short exercise test, Long exercise test	Björn Falck	50 min
● A24 Repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) + DEMO RNS, Basic physiology, EPP, protocol, pratical hintsw	Erik Stålberg	30 min
● Neuromuscular transmission disorders	Anna Rostedt Punga	45 min
● Techniques for Motor Unit Number estimation MUNE, Short overwiev, Munix principles, Munix results, Indications	Erik Stålberg	40 min
● Ultrasound in nerve and muscle disorders + DEMO	Johan Widenfalck	45 min
● Motor neuro/neuronopathies ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Motor neuron disease, Kenedy syndrome, Bulbospinal muscular atrophy, Spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, SMA1, SMA2, SMA3, LOSMON, late onset spinal motor neuronopathy, Monomelic spinal atrophy, Hirayama disease, Benign fasciculation, TBE, tick born encephalitis, Post-polio sysndrome	Erik Stålberg	45 min

Wednesday 5 - Watch videos	Speaker	Duration
● Neurography, principles Neurography: principles, electrode placements, interpretation of NCS, motor and sensory	Erik Stålberg	60 min
● Late responses and reflexes sLate responses: F waves, A waves, CMAP followers, H reflex	Erik Stålberg	60 min
● DEMO	Erik Stålberg/BMA	30 min
● Special neurography techniques Near nerve neuroography with monopolar needele electrodes, Mortons metatarsalgia, Meralgia paresthetica, Tarsal tunnel syndrome, Inferior alveolar nerve, Inferior patellar nerve, Plamar digital nerves, Plantar digital nerves	Björn Falck	30 min
● Focal peripheral neuropathies Entrapment neuropathies, Temporary compression neuropathies, Iatrogenic focal neuropathies, Ulnar neuropathy, Morton's metatarsalgia, Ulnar neuropathy, Meralgia paresthetica, Saturday night palsy, Cyclist's palsy, Peroneal nuropathy	Björn Falck	60 min
● Plexus brachialis lesions Brachial plexopathies, Parsonage-Turner syndrome, Neuralgic amyotrophy, Thorcic outlet syndrome, Erb's palsy, Traumatic plexopathies	Björn Falck	25 min
● Cervical radiculopathies Cervical radiculopathies, Cervical disc herniation	Björn Falck	30 min
● Carpal tunnel syndrome CTS: general description, some techniques, 14-7 method	Erik Stålberg	40 min

Thursday 6 - Watch videos	Speaker	Duration
● Neurophysiological tests in the diagnosis of polyneuropathies Polyneuropathy, Sensory polyneuropathy, Sensory neuronopathy, Axonal polyneuropathies, Demyelinating polyneuropathies, Conduction block, QST, quantitative sensory thresholds, Thermotest, Intraepidermal axonal density, Autonomic nervous sytem testing, SSR, sympathetic skin response, RR-interval, Sensory neurography, Motor neurography, Thin fiber nneuropaty	Björn Falck	60 min
● Important polyneuropathies CMT, Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, CMT1, CMT2, CMTX, Diabetic polyneuropathy, Tretment induced diabetic polyneuropathy	Björn Falck	60 min
● Autoimmune neuropathies Guillan-Barré syndrome, AIDP, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, AMSAN, acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy, AMAN, acute motor axonal, neuropathy, MFS, Miller-Fisher syndrome, CIDP, chornic inflammatory polyneuropathy, MGUS, MMN, multofocal motor neuropathy with conduction blocks, Lewis-Sumner syndrome, MADSAM, multifocal aquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy	Björn Falck	30 min
● Pediatric EMG and neurography	Karin Eeg-Olofsson	30 min
● Intramuscular stimulation + demo	Erik Stålberg	60 min
●Single fibre EMG and CNE jitter SFEMG, principles, parameters, SFEMG method, usefulness, pitfalls	Erik Stålberg	25 min
● SFEMG in diseases + DEMO CNE, princple for recording, pitfalls, practical hints, vol and stim jitter	Erik Stålberg	30 min
● DEMO SSR, RR	BMA	40 min
● Lumbar radiculopathies Lumbar radiculopathies, Disc herniation, Spinal stenosis	Björn Falck	40 min

Friday 7 - Watch videos	Speaker	Duration
● Strategies in the EMG investigation Planning and EMG examination, Heuristic errors, Strategies, Diagnostic criteria, Protocols	Björn Falck	35 min
● Protocols for some common situations, quality aspects Strategies: protocols for some individual diagnoses, quality work, knowledgebased routines	Erik Stålberg	50 min
● Reporting Reporting, Clinical interpretation of ENMG findings, Recommendations, Examination tables	Björn Falck	30 min
● EMG QUIZ QUIZ on EMG, see here...	Erik Stålberg	45 min
● Integration of neurography and EMG Ingtegration, Many examples of the combination between EMG and NCS, what to look for	Erik Stålberg	45 min