9/10/2021-  Dr. Elie Naddaf interviews Dr. Georgia Malandraki and Dr. Kendrea Garand on the approach to dysphagia, with focus on neuromuscular disorders.   40 minutes

3/25/2016-  Dr. Stephen Goutman interviews Drs. Pushpa Narayanaswami and Seward Rutkove about their article Critically re-evaluating a common technique: Accuracy, reliability, and confirmation bias of EMG. This study supports that in evaluations of radiculopathy (1) serial EMG studies should be performed by the same electromyographer since intrarater reliability is better than interrater reliability; (2) knowledge of clinical information does not bias EMG interpretation substantially; (3) EMG has moderate diagnostic accuracy for radiculopathy with modest specificity and electromyographers should exercise caution interpreting mild abnormalities. Neurology. 2016 Jan 19;86(3):218-23. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002292. Epub 2015 Dec 23.

4/10/2014-  Electromyographic (EMG) reporting of radiculopathies is not standardized, and the terminology used in reports can be misinterpreted by referring physicians. Physicians who refer patients for EMG studies at the Mayo Clinic were surveyed about their understanding of 6 different EMG interpretations of an S1 radiculopathy. Of 45 responders, the terms “acute, active,” “chronic, inactive,” and “old” were interpreted consistently by 95%, 98%, and 84% of responders, respectively. Physicians had the most difficulty understanding the meaning of “chronic” in isolation, “chronic, active,” or “old with uncompensated denervation.” These findings suggest a need to educate referring physicians on the meaning of the terms used in EMG reports and to develop standard guidelines for qualifying radiculopathies. Based on our observations, guidelines for the reporting of radiculopathies have been adopted in the Mayo Clinic Florida EMG laboratory. Muscle Nerve 49: 129–130, 2014

7/23/2007-  An Interview with Andrew J. Haig, MD, author of Haig AJ, et al. Electromyographic and magnetic resonance imaging to predict lumbar stenosis, low-back pain, and no back symptoms. J Bone and Joint Suregy 2007;89:358-366. Haig AJ, et al. Spinal stenosis, back pain, or no symptoms at all? A masked study comparing radiologic and electrodiagnostic diagnoses to the clinical impression. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006;87:897-903. Haig AJ, et al. The sensitivity and specificity of electrodiagnostic testing for the clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine 2005;30:2667-2676.0. Interviewed by Ted Burns, MD and Gregory T. Carter, MD, MS.

6/21/2007-  An interview with C. Miller Fisher, MD author of An unusual variant of acute idiopathic polyneuritis (syndrome of opthalmoplegia, ataxia and areflexia). New Engl J Med 1956;255:57-65 Interviewed by Ted Burns, MD and Robert Pascuzzi, MD. The participants in this Podcast had nothing to disclose.

2/27/2007-  An Interview with Michael K. Schaufele, MD, author of Radiculopathy and the Herniated Lumbar Disc. Controversies Regarding Pathophysiology and Management. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 88:2070-2080, 2006. John M. Rhee, Michael Schaufele and William A. Abdu, Interviewed by David Hubbell, MD

9/7/2006-  An Interview with Devon Rubin, MD author of "Axillary Pain as a Heralding Sign of Neoplasm Involving the Upper Thoracic Root Neoplasm Involving the Upper Thoracic Root" an article appearing in Neurology 2006;66:1760-1762. Interviewed by Ted Burns, MD and Erik Ensrud, MD.