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84617 - Neuropathophysiology Techniques 4 (EMG)

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Maria Concetta Sapienza
                    
                        Credits:
                        2
                    
                        SSD:
                        MED/48
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)

                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Oct 03, 2025 to Nov 17, 2025

Learning outcomes

Acquires the knowledge and ability to apply electromyographic recording techniques in collaboration with the physician, as well as electroneurography (ENG) techniques performed independently by the technician.

Course contents

Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Electromyography
Instrumentation: disposable materials, equipment, settings, technical characteristics of recording and stimulation
Study of Motor and Sensory Conduction of Peripheral Nerves: general concepts and examination of the main nerves
Neuropathies: general concepts and electroneurographic study of the main entrapment syndromes or neuropathies
Study of Late Responses: F wave, H reflex, and blink reflex
Repetitive Stimulation
Study of Muscle Electrical Activity: qualitative and quantitative EMG
SFEMG (Single-Fiber Electromyography)
EMG in Children
Introduction to Movement Analysis / Surface EMG

Readings/Bibliography

ELETTRONEUROGRAFIA. Testo atlante. Emilio Ubiali. Scienza Medica

ELETTRODIAGNOSIS IN DISEASES OF NERVE E MUSCLE: Principles and Practice. Jun Kimura – Oxford University Press Inc

H. Tankisi, D. Burke, L. Cui, M. de Carvalho, S. Kuwabara, S. D. Nandedkar, S. Rutkove, E. Stålberg, M. J.A.M. van Putten, A. Fuglsang-Frederiksen. Standards of instrumentation of EMG. Clinical Neurophysiology. Volume 131, Issue 1, Pages 243-258. January 2020

Standards for quantification of EMG and neurography. E. Stålberg, Hans van Dijk, B. Falck,J. Kimura, C. Neuwirth, M. Pitt, S. Podnar, D. I. Rubin, S. Rutkove, D. Sanders, M. Sonoo, H. Tankisi, M. Zwartsm. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2019

Teaching methods

Traditional lessons

Assessment methods

Assessment of learning will be carried out through a collegial oral examination.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint presentations provided by the teacher

Office hours

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