Motor Nerve Conduction Studies

tion techniques, it is important to pursue more specialized methods of evaluating the peripheral nervous system. Additionally, nerves requiring needle excitation and less commonly studied nerves are of importance. From time-to-time patients may present with lesions affecting specific sensory branches that yield small amplitude responses or require averaging techniques to better define the desired waveform. With the majority of nerve conduction studies described in this chapter, the difficulty lies not in the inherent technique or nerve, but more so in unfamiliarity. Most, if not all, of the techniques described in this chapter can be mastered with simple practice and repetition.