AANEM practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of muscle and nerve disorders. Adherence to these Practice Guidelines will help ensure relevance, efficiency, cost effectiveness, and diagnostic accuracy in the practice of electrodiagnostic medicine and quality patient care.

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Practice Guidelines Topics

• Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
• EDX Studies in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CME Available)
• Cervical Radiculopathy
• Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy (CME Available)  
• Evaluation of Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy 
  • The Role of Autonomic Testing, Nerve Biopsy, and Skin Biopsy 
  • The Role of Laboratory and Genetic Testing
• Laryngeal Electromyography
• Repetitive Nerve Stimulation & Single Fiber EMG Eval of Adults w/Suspected Myasthenia Gravis (CME Available)
• Utility of EMG Techniques in Evaluating Patients with Suspected Peroneal Neuropathy (CME Available)
• Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
• Usefulness of EDX Techniques in the Evaluation of Suspected Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome (CME Available)
• Ulnar Neuropathy 
• Utility of EDX Testing in Evaluating Patients with Lumbosacral Radiculopathy 

Consensus Statements

• Consensus Statement: IVIG in the Treatment of Neuromuscular Conditions
• Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
• Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Partial Conduction Block