The 2008 AANEM Annual Meeting CD-ROM contains PDFs of all of the course books, workshop handouts, abstracts, and the Plenary Session from the Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. At $99 for AANEM members, this CD-ROM is a great value for anyone who missed the meeting!

CME credit is not available for the Plenary Session or other course books on this CD-ROM.

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This book covers the conceptual framework for patient history and physical examination for common neuromuscular disorders, the strengths and limitations of the needle EMG examination in the evaluation of these disorders, and the anatomy and physiology of peripheral nerve and muscle and the pathophysiologic changes that occur with common neuromuscular disorders. This book is bundled with the 2008 Crossfires course book.

Develop an understanding of, and be able to incorporate into your practice, arguments in favor of and against the use of F-waves in disorders of the peripheral nervous system and nerve roots as well as the central nervous system, the circumstances in which performing a needle EMG adds useful information in the evaluation of suspected carpal tunnel syndrome, and the role of diagnostic ultrasound in the evaluation of neuromuscular disorders. This book is bundled with the 2008 Current Approaches to Common Neuromuscular Problems course book.

Part one of this two-part neuromuscular update course presents the reader with clinical cases in neuromuscular diseases. After reading this course book, the reader will learn how to diagnose, evaluate, and in some instances treat neuromuscular diseases. This course is an excellent review of neuromuscular medicine. Update I covers oculobulbar weakness, acute flaccid weakness, floppy infant, and myeloneuropathy. This book contains Neuromuscular Update I and II.

Part two of this two-part neuromuscular update course presents the reader with clinical cases in neuromuscular diseases and covers brachial plexopathy, painful small-fiber neuropathy, metabolic myopathy, and asymmetric motor weakness.

This course book on practice management will prepare you  to list the components necessary to build and maintain a successful EDX practice and understand the three types of advocacy and the goals achievable by each. This book is bundled with the 2008 Shoulder Pain course book.

Understand the differential diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders affecting the shoulder and know the musculoskeletal disorders that mimic these disorders. This course book on shoulder pain helps you conceptualize the diagnostic approach to these disorders and their mimickers, understand the strengths, limitations and findings of electrodiagnostic studies in the evaluation of these disorders, and appreciate the pathophysiology and treatment strategies for these disorders. This book is bundled with the 2008 Practice Management course book.

Learn how to list the diagnoses associated with the presentation of sciatica in athletes, distinguish on-the-field clinical characteristics of cervical radiculopathy versus brachial plexopathy, understand return-to-play criteria for burner - stinger injuries, formulate a differential diagnosis for nerve injuries from sports, formulate an electrodiagnostic test to determine the exact nerve injury, and prescribe a treatment program for the specific nerve problem. This book is bundled with the 2008 Exercise in Neuromuscular Diseases course book.

This valuable course book on exercise in neuromuscular diseases reviews the effect of aging on muscle mitochondrial capacity and explores the link with sarcopenia, assesses the effects of physical activity and inactivity on skeletal muscle and cardiopulmonary exercise response in patients with metabolic myopathies.  Learn the role of physical activity monitoring in a community environment to both measure and promote physical activity in persons with NMD, understand the effects chronic injury to the motor neuron and motor axon have on skeletal muscle function, examine the role of electrodiagnostic studies in predicting response to exercise therapy, evaluate the role of resistance exercise in acute and chronic diseases of the motor neuron and motor axon as a countermeasure to sarcopenia at the molecular level, and as a rehabilitation modality in humans with muscle disease, review the pertinent animal studies examining the effect of exercise on dystrophic muscle disease and the effect of exercise on humans with muscle disease, and compare and contrast results seen in animal models versus human trials.This book is bundled with the 2008 Sports Related Neuromuscular Disorders course book.

This course book on motor neuron disease helps physicians involved in neuromuscular diseases and electromyography gain a better understanding of diseases affecting the anterior horn cell, especially amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The reader will have an increased awareness of basic features and new advances in those disorders characterized by death of the lower motor neuron, the pathobiology and genetics of anterior horn cell diseases, electrophysiology of anterior horn cell disorders, success and failure in clinical trials for ALS and SMA, what rehabilitation offers patients with ALS, and improving quality and quantity of life of those with ALS.