Pocket EMG First Edition

It is small but power book

A good small book for looking at EMG points and NCS

Great pocket reference book.

The idea of having a pocket EMG book is a great, having said that, the book is advertised as having colored illustrative pictures inside which is extremely important for the topic being discussed, given the colors of the electrodes is very important, especially for beginners.It is advertised as having colored pictures inside the book, but when the book arrived all pics were black and white and of a very poor quality of both paper and images qualities. There is also no standard size for the images some more small and some are bigger, some horizontal some vertical.

To begin, I am an academic physiatrist at a major hospital and work with PM&R residents and medical students on a regular basis. This book does not try to replace the standard electrodiagnostic texts. Rather, it is meant to be used as an "on-the-fly" quick reference. To that end I think that the authors have been quite successful. The book is organized into three sections: 1) common and more esoteric nerve conduction studies, 2) needle electromyography atlas, 3) 'protocol' studies for specific diagnoses. Each of the nerve conduction studies and the needle test occupies one page with very clear and succinct descriptions.PROS (+)I enjoyed the logical organization and the size of this pocketpedia. It is rather portable which is important. Although electromyographers from all stages of training and experience can benefit from this book I feel that neurology and physical medicine & rehabilitation residents especially would find this book indispensable. I think the clinical pearls with each study are very high-yield for inservice exams and written/oral board examinations.CONS (-)I realize this book is not meant to replace the bulkier Preston & Shapiro or an anatomical guide by Perotto. Perotto is a needle EMG reference book - hard-cover, >300 pages. Each muscle in Perotto is presented with two hand-drawn diagrams: first with the muscle outlined in the plane of needle insertion and second with an axial or cross section of that body part. This helps to visualize the muscle in 3-D. Wisotzky's book has an easy-to-read instructions on origins / insertions / how to activate the tested muscle as I would expect. However there is only one photograph per muscle. Typically this shows a needle adjacent to the muscle being assessed. This is an understandable drawback to having a smaller reference book. The examiner would need to have a working knowledge or basic familiarity of muscle anatomy and not be entirely reliant on this book minutes before the study.CONCLUSIONIn all, I think this is an excellently complied reference especially for budding electromyographers. I know this would have definitely helped me during my training if I it back then. I encourage interested buyers to go through the 'book preview' as offered by Amazon or flip through it if you have access to a physical copy.

Cordial greeting, in the book the photographs that are are in color or only photocopies to bank and black. Thank you