Mid-Kansas Interventional Monitoring

Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Mid-Kansas Interventional Monitoring is an Electrodiagnostic Medicine practice in Wichita, KS with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in neurophysiological diagnostics of muscular, central nervous system, and peripheral nervous system dysfunctions. Electrodiagnostic Medicine Doctors at Mid-Kansas Interventional Monitoring perform diagnostic tests to identify the cause of pain, weakness, tingling, numbness, cramps, and spasms. Electrodiagnostic Medicine is a subspecialty of neuromuscular medicine that diagnosis and treats neuromuscular, neurologic, and muscular systems. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Electrodiagnostic Medicine practices include limb trauma, multiple sclerosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, muscular dystrophy, and radiculopathy. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Electrodiagnostic Medicine practices include nerve conduction studies and electromyograms.

Electrodiagnostic medicine is the medical subspecialty that applies neurophysiologic techniques to diagnose, evaluate, and treat patients with impairments of the neurologic, neuromuscular, and/or muscular systems. Qualified physicians are trained in performing electrophysiological testing and interpretation of the test data. They require knowledge in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, histology, and pathology of the brain, spinal cord, autonomic nerves, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction, and muscles. They must know clinical features and treatment of diseases of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, as well as those of neuromuscular junction and muscle. Physicians also require special knowledge about electric signal processing, including waveform analysis, electronics and instrumentation, stimulation and recording equipment, and statistics.