Finding
The complementary combination of electrodiagnosis and ultrasonography, known as "electrosonodiagnosis," has the potential to be synergistic and provides high-resolution static and dynamic imaging of the relevant nerve and muscle structures that give rise to recordable electrical epiphenomena.
Paper
Electrosonodiagnosis: Neuromuscular Diagnosis Raised to the Power of 2
Literature Review
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Full textAbstract
The publication of the review article “Ultrasound Applications in Electrodiagnosis” by Boon et al [1] in this issue of PM&R represents an important milestone in the development of ultrasonography as an important emerging tool for neuromuscular diagnosis. As with electrodiagnosis, ultrasonography of nerve and muscle significantly extends the ability of the clinician to examine the integrity of nerve and muscle but in a different and highly complementary manner. Nerve conduction studies and electromyography involve the direct measurement of the physiological operation of excitable neuromuscular tissue through the recording of extracellular electrical epiphenomena. These result from rapid changes in ion channel conformation that selectively and dynamically alter transmembrane ionic current flows underlying action potential generation and conduction. High-frequency diagnostic ultrasound provides high-resolution static and dynamic imaging of the relevant nerve and muscle structures that give rise to these recordable electrical epiphenomena. This complementary combination of electrodiagnosis and ultrasonography has the potential to be synergistic [2]. The term “electrosonodiagnosis” can be appropriately applied to the integrated application of these 2 technologies [3]. Specific primary advantages include the following:
Authors
G. Goldberg, M. Bodor
Journal
PM&R