AANEM position statement on neuromuscular medicine qualifications.

摘要

Neuromuscular (NM) medicine is the practice of medicine that involves the care of adult and pedi-atric patients with disorders of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and its connections with the central nervous system. The PNS includes the motor and sensory neurons, peripheral nerves, NM junctions, and muscles. The care of patients with NM symptoms and signs includes physical examination, clinical investigation, diagnosis, management, and counseling for patients and their families. The practice of NM medicine has evolved into a defined subspecialty, owing to the large body of scientific knowledge in the field (including patho-physiology, genetics, diagnosis, and treatment of NM diseases) that has developed to a degree of sophistication that is beyond the training and knowledge base expected of a general neurologist or physiatrist.