nervousJ
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I have posted this within another thread I started, but didn't get a great deal of feedback. 2 years ago I was diagnosed with ulnar nerve entrapment in my left elbow. I had surgery, and have started to see some improvement in my strength of the hand of the arm that I had surgery on. Before surgery it was clumsy and had noticeable atrophy. The muscle has come back some, but I have twitching when I use the hand. I also have twitching throughout my body, lately in my feet and inside my knees.
I wanted to know if this EMG leads anyone to think that ALS could be a possible cause?
The left anti sensory no response. The left ulnar motor increased latency, decreased amplitude and normal velocity. The left ulnar FDI motor, normal latency, decreased amplitude and normal velocity. The left door sum ulnar sensory, normal latency, decreased amplitude and normal velocity. The other ncv studies were normal.
F-wave late cues were done on median and ulnar which were normal, delayed.
EMG was performed in the upper left extremity. The interference pattern and motor unit action potential analysis is normal without evidence of denervation membrane hyper excitability except where indicated.
Conclusion:
Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow on the left side, which is moderate plus in degree electrically. Moderate chronic axonal loss is noted.
There is no evidence of a cervical radiculopathy, bracheal plexopathy, myopathy, poly neuropathy, or other mono neuropathy.
I wanted to know if this EMG leads anyone to think that ALS could be a possible cause?
The left anti sensory no response. The left ulnar motor increased latency, decreased amplitude and normal velocity. The left ulnar FDI motor, normal latency, decreased amplitude and normal velocity. The left door sum ulnar sensory, normal latency, decreased amplitude and normal velocity. The other ncv studies were normal.
F-wave late cues were done on median and ulnar which were normal, delayed.
EMG was performed in the upper left extremity. The interference pattern and motor unit action potential analysis is normal without evidence of denervation membrane hyper excitability except where indicated.
Conclusion:
Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow on the left side, which is moderate plus in degree electrically. Moderate chronic axonal loss is noted.
There is no evidence of a cervical radiculopathy, bracheal plexopathy, myopathy, poly neuropathy, or other mono neuropathy.
