Clinical neurophysiology - Definition and Overview

Clinical neurophysiology is a medical speciality that studies the central and peripheral nervous systems through the recording of bioelectrical activity, whether spontaneous or stimulated.

In some countries it is a part of neurology, whereas in others (such as Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom and Finland, for example) it is an autonomous field.

Its main parts are:

• Electromyography
• Electroencephalography
• Evoked potentials
• Polysomnography
• Intraoperative monitoring

External links

• Clinical Neurophysiology (http://www.neurophys.com)
• American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology (http://www.acns.org)
• Neuromuscular disease center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/)
• Cleveland Clinic (http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/neurology/epilepsy/epilepsy.htm#table2)
• ILAE Task Force on Classification (http://www.epilepsy.org/ctf/default.html)
• Yale University. Clinical Neurophysiology (http://info.med.yale.edu/neurol/CNeurophysiol/Clinnp.html)
• Tele EMG (http://www.teleemg.com)
• EMG The Expert (http://svt.ee.tut.fi/emg)
• Neurofisiologia Universidad de Montevideo (http://www.chasque.apc.org/dcibils)
• Accredited Educational Program for Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist (http://www.caahep.org/standards/end_93.htm)
• Sociedad Española de Neurofisiología Clínica (http://www.neurofisiologia.org)
• Perineuro, web de Neurofisiología Clínica (http://neurofisio.hn.org/index.phtml)