METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE USING DISEASE SPECIFIC EVOKED NEUROMUSCULAR RESPONSE ANALYSIS

摘要

A method and apparatus for assessing neuromuscularpathology in an individual, by (a) applying a plurality ofstimuli to a peripheral nerve; (b) recording from theperipheral nerve, or from a muscle innervated by theperipheral nerve, at least one response to each stimulus;(c) processing each response into at least one responsecharacteristic; (d) compiling the response characteristicsfrom all of the responses into a plurality of descriptiveparameters of the response characteristics; and (e)analyzing the plurality of descriptive parameters accordingto a function specific to the neuromuscular pathology so asto yield an indicator of the pathology.