Neuromuscular rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis. 4. Pediatric issues
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Kim, Chong-TaeStrommen, Jeffrey A.
Johns, Jeffery S.
Weiss, Jay M.
Weiss, Lyn D.
Williams, Faren H.
Rashbaum, Ira G.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Orthopedics and Physical RehabilitationDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2005-03-12Keywords
BotulismChild
Child, Preschool
Electric Stimulation Therapy
*Electrodiagnosis
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
Female
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Humans
Infant
Male
Muscle Hypotonia
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
Electrodiagnosis
Evoked potentials
somatosensory
Muscular dystrophies
Pediatrics
Rehabilitation
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Diagnosis
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Rehabilitation and Therapy
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This self-directed learning module highlights the physician's role in the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders in pediatric populations. It is part of the chapter on neuromuscular rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This article discusses both clinical and electrodiagnostic features of common neuromuscular disorders in pediatric populations. The diagnostic value of somatosensory evoked potential is reviewed in a case of traumatic spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality. Therapeutic interventions of progressive muscular dystrophy are discussed, as well as the differential diagnosis of floppy infant syndrome, the most common pediatric electrodiagnostic referral. OVERALL ARTICLE OBJECTIVES: (a) To become familiar with electrodiagnosis and rehabilitation for common neuromuscular disorders in the pediatric population, (b) to undrstand electrodiagnostic findings of Guillain-Barre syndrome corresponding to pathophysiology, (c) to become familiar with somatosensory evoked potentials, and (d) to be able to make differential diagnosis of floppy infant syndrome based on clinical findings as well as electrodiagnosis.Source
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 Mar;86(3 Suppl 1):S28-32. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1016/j.apmr.2004.12.006Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/42955PubMed ID
15761797Related Resources
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10.1016/j.apmr.2004.12.006