Practical use of electromyography in veterinary medicine - A review

J Fuchs, A Bockay, T Liptak, V Ledecky and M Kuricova
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J Fuchs: Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovak Republic
A Bockay: Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovak Republic
T Liptak: Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovak Republic
V Ledecky: Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovak Republic
M Kuricova: Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovak Republic

Veterinární medicína, 2022, vol. 67, issue 3, 113-122

Abstract: Electromyography (EMG) is a sophisticated electrodiagnostic-neurophysiological method, which serves to diagnose neuromuscular system diseases. It is based on the measurement of the electrical potentials created by the skeletal muscle activity. For this technique, surface electrodes and needle electrodes can be used, which read the action potential of a large number of motor units and read a small number of motor units, respectively. The wide-spectrum application of this method extends our diagnostic possibilities of the clinical examination in veterinary practice. Together with a clinical neurological examination and imaging methods, EMG forms a part of the diagnosis of nervous system diseases and it is a useful diagnostic technique for differentiating neuropathies, junctionopathies, and myopathies. The results of the neurophysiological examination inform us about the functional state of the peripheral and central nervous system; it can demonstrate subclinical diseases and monitor the dynamics of changes in the functional state of individual nervous systems over time. In this article, we review the electromyographic method and its use in veterinary practice.

Keywords: animal; electrodiagnostic study; neurologic patient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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