AANEM Connect

It has been said that EMG/NCS is a mature specialty, but many of the things we see every day are not adequately explained ,as Dr Albers' post shows. Fairly common but incompletely explained phenonema arise every day. We may be so used to seeing them that they are ignored ! During the open sessions of EMG talk at our annual meetings many of these have been brought up and an explanation sought, in a " Have you ever seen this " format. Surprisingly some "pearls" were well recognized by the audience,but a few of our experts had never heard of them. One that comes to mind is the patient with symptoms confined to the ulnar distribution of his hands, but the nerve conduction studies show only unequivocal , classical carpal tunnel syndrome. After convincing the surgeon to do CTS release, the patient's symptoms completely clear.Many theories are expressed, but no hard evidence given.
Perhaps we could compile a list of these "gems", both for showing trainees that these things do occur, and as a list of research projects...... something for us to do while we're sitting around.