Electromyography is a safe diagnostic method that allows assessing the functional state of the patient's skeletal muscles and peripheral nerve endings.
This method of detecting diseases has practically no contraindications. However, it is not recommended to use this method of diagnosing a patient after smoking, drinking caffeinated beverages, and taking certain medications. The procedure is also performed with caution in the presence of a pacemaker, epilepsy, and acute infectious diseases.
Electromyography abroad is an extremely popular procedure among patients from Russia.
Indications for the procedure
The patient should make an appointment for electromyography for the following indications:
- pain and muscle weakness;
- muscle spasms;
- multiple sclerosis;
- Parkinson's syndrome;
- decreased muscle tone;
- involuntary muscle contraction;
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
- tremor;
- injuries of peripheral nerves.
In addition, specialists prescribe electromyography to track the results of treatment and generally determine the level of damage to the nervous system. Using this diagnostic method also allows specialists to choose additional research methods for certain diseases. It is also worth noting that electromyography is also used in cosmetology to determine the areas of the body where botox needs to be injected.
Types of electromyography
Currently, electromyography is divided into surface and local.
The first one is performed without interfering with the patient's body and allows recording the activity of the muscle in general, over a large area of it.
The second method of electromyography, local, is performed percutaneously by inserting an electrode in the form of a thin needle. Local EMG is used to study individual muscle elements.
The method of electromyography is selected by the doctor individually for each patient. It also happens that a guest of the clinic is assigned two methods at once.
The cost of electromyography depends on the country of its implementation, the medical institution and the specialist's experience.
