Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2017

ASSESMENT OF FASCICULATIONS BY ULTRASOUND IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE

Manickavasagam J, Shanmuga Sundaram N, Lakshmi Narasimhan R, Venkateswaran K. J

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 Introduction : Fasciculations occurring deep within the body of a muscle are recorded using needle EMG. Neuromuscular disorders can be diagnosed using muscle USG . Materials  and methods : Aimed to analyse the fasciculations in multiple sites by clinical, EMG and ultrasonagram and to find the usefulness of  ultrasonogram in identifying fasciculations both occult and manifest. Results: Among 30 patients with history of fasciculations the number of muscles detected by clinically, EMG and myosonography was 54,61 and 90 respectively. Discussion: High degree of correlation was found between the EMG detection of fasciculations and Ultrasound detection of fasciculations which was statistically significant 0.024 with a p value of <0.005. USG can detect occult fasciculation which is difficult to detect by EMG. Conclusion : Fasciculations can be confirmed by using neuromuscular ultrasound in both clinical and subclinical situations. Painless and noninvasive Neuromuscular ultrasound by detecting the occult fasciculations enhances the diagnostic accuracy.

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Manickavasagam J, Shanmuga sundaram N, Lakshmi Narasimhan R, Venkateswaran K.J, ASSESMENT OF FASCICULATIONS BY ULTRASOUND IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-10 | October-2017

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