Journal article
Laryngeal electromyography: an evidence-based review
Muscle & nerve, v 28(6), pp 767-772
Dec 2003
PMID: 14639595
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Abstract
This article reports on an evidence-based review of laryngeal electromyography (EMG) as a technique for use in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of laryngeal movement disorders including the laryngeal dystonias, vocal fold paralysis, and other neurolaryngological disorders. The authors performed a systematic review of the medical literature from 1944 through 2001 on the clinical application of EMG to laryngeal disorders. Thirty-three of the 584 articles met the predefined inclusion criteria. The evidence demonstrated that in a double-blind treatment trial of botulinum toxin versus saline, laryngeal EMG used to guide injections into the thyroarytenoid muscle in persons with adductor spasmodic dysphonia was beneficial. A cross-over comparison between laryngeal EMG-guided injection and endoscopic injection of botulinum toxin into the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle in abductor spasmodic dysphonia found no significant difference between the two techniques and no significant treatment benefit. Based on the evidence, laryngeal EMG is possibly useful for the injection of botulinum toxin into the thyroarytenoid muscle in the treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia. There were no evidence-based data sufficient to support or refute the value of laryngeal EMG for the other uses investigated, although there is extensive anecdotal literature suggesting that it is useful for each of them. There is an urgent need for evidence-based research addressing the use of laryngeal EMG for other applications.
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- Title
- Laryngeal electromyography: an evidence-based review
- Creators
- Robert T Sataloff - Laryngeal Task Force, American Association of Electrodiagnostic MedicineSteven MandelEric A MannChristy L LudlowAAEM Laryngeal Task Force
- Publication Details
- Muscle & nerve, v 28(6), pp 767-772
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000186912000017
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0345306336
- Other Identifier
- 991019312428104721
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- Clinical Neurology
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