7/17/2012- An interview with Dr. Mark A. Ferrante about the article The Thoracic Outlet Syndromes in Muscle Nerve. 2012;45:780-95. Interviewed by Dr. Ted Burns.
10/15/2024- Dr. Chilvana Patel interviews Dr. Michelle Mauermann and Dr. Eli Naddaf on the important topic of paraprotenemic neuropathies. They offer valuable insights into a step-by-step approach to understanding the clinical features, conducting electrodiagnostic studies, and managing these conditions. 25 minutes
6/16/23 - Elie Naddaf, MD, meets with Nicholas Maragakis, MD to discuss the ALS treatment landscape. 21 minutes
6/22/2017- Dr. Justin Willer interviews Dr. Yuebing Li about optimizing muscle selection for electromyography in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was part of a group that compared the yield of limb and thoracic paraspinal muscle examination for revealing lower motor neuron (LMN) dysfunction on electromyography (EMG) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Distal limb muscles showed the highest electrodiagnostic sensitivities of LMN dysfunction in ALS regardless of onset region and diagnostic certainty at the time of diagnosis. Electrodiagnostic yield is higher in muscles from the onset limb. Noncontiguous spread of lower motor neuron degeneration is present in ALS. Optimally selected 6 upper and 5 lower extremity muscles yielded >98% of potential positive cervical or lumbosacral segments. An algorithmic approach to needle EMG in ALS based on pretest probability of individual muscles optimizes electrodiagnostic yield, thus possibly minimizing test duration and patient discomfort. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Oct 19. doi: 10.1002/mus.25444.