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I just reviewed my EMG results from september '11, EMG of my right triceps revealed a reduced recruitment abnormalities. I must have been nervous because i didn't completely relax the muscle so they couldn't distinguish any fascinations, has anyone had similar problems with EMG findings?

Does anyone know how I could find a neurologist that specializes in SMA? My neurologist said it wouldn't hurt to get a second opinion, I doubt he has seen many if any cases of late onset SMA. I will ask my GP on friday, but if i could come with some names I think it would help...

Hi kitchner, I have spent an incredible amount of time researching SMA as my mother is affected with Kugelberg-Welander as well as (suspected) two of her siblings, and as you know I'm undergoing tests as well. The type of SMA in my family is type 3. Types 1/2/3 are linked to the SMN1 gene on...

Hi! So good news but frustrating to no end. My biopsy results did not confirm an SMA diagnosis, however there were "mild non-specific changes of skeletal muscle". I'm so sick of the term "non-specific"! My EMG showed non-specific recruitment abnormalities, and now my biopsy was non-specific...

Kitchener, Good answer! Honestly, these are not important questions, just curiosities I have about how our bodies and muscles function. I should have went to med school! I don't think my doctor would go into as much detail as I would like so I snooped the Washington University's Neuromuscular...

Hi everyone. I had my Muscle Biopsy done on my right quadriceps Tues morning this week. My surgeon opted for an open incision Biopsy as apposed to a Needle Biopsy for reasons that he did not explain. I went to the ER around midnight on Tues with severe swelling and pain at the site of the...

bryant123martha, When you got your SMA diagnosis was it a clinical one, or a genetic one? Did your diagnosis of SMA change when you showed UMN symptoms or did you get an ALS on top of your SMA?

Wish this forum had an edit post button... Is pain usually associated with ALS? I have not come across any literature on SMA that includes pain, but my mother has a pain syndrome where she feels sharp shooting pains all over her body. She manages it with Gabapentin, and light doses of...

Kitchener: I have hao DNA tests done. The first was the carrier screen which showed one detected SMN1 gene. The second was the Sequencing Analysot sure which method was used as I have lost my report, however I remember reading in the disclaimer that although the test is close to 99% accurate if...

Yes i have had an EMG as well as the Nerve Conduction Velocity study. Here`s an excerpt from my report. ``The left peroneal motor and sural sensory studies were normal. EMG of the right triceps had non specific recruitment abnormalities. The thoracic paraspinal muscles had no clearly...

Quick update: My GP has tested me for all the usual suspects: diabetes, cpk levels negligibly above norm, informatory normal, hemoglobin normal, cholesterol normal, heart tests all normal including ultrasound. My neurological exam was normal with slight weakness in triceps, and hip flexors...

Hello everyone! I'm a 25yr old man living in Saskatchewan with a family history of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which degenerates Lower Motor Neurons only and usually affects children. A little family background, my mother has confirmed SMA linked to chromosome 5q, she was diagnosed in '96 and is...