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Manual of nerve conduction velocity and somatosensory evoked potentials(2nd edition)
of the symposium and the date of publication. The second volume describes the ‘III. International Symposium on Pain Diagnosis and Therapy,’ Bremen, June 21-23, 1985. It is dedicated to cancer pain and facial pain and provides a convenient overview of recent techniques in pain therapy such as peridural opiate administration, coeliac plexus block, regional guanethidine block, neurosurgical treatment of facial pain and stimulation therapy in chronic pain states. Many of the papers are brief summaries of work published in more detail elsewhere. They will be useful to those being involved in the treatment of caner pain and facial pain and will constitute a convenient source of material for those researching in this area. A. Struppler 1. Schuetze Neurologische
Klinik und Poliklinik
der Technischen
Universitiit Miinchen, Munich (F. R.G.)
Manual
of Nerve Conduction
sensocy Evoked
Velocity und Somato-
Potentials (2nd edition),
by J.A. Delisa, K. Mackenzie and E.M. Baran, Raven Press, New York. 1987, 288 pp., U.S. $26.50.
This is the second edition of a manual of nerve conduction velocity and sensory evoked potential recording techniques which will already be familiar to many as a useful and readily accessible guide to the standard techniques for recording conduction velocities in nerves both commonly and uncommonly tested in the EMG laboratory. There is an introduction which outlines basic
methods and common pitfalls. The manual then covers cranial nerves, nerves of the upper and lower limbs and ends with a section on somatosensory potentials, which has been expanded in this edition, and a glossary compiled by the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis of the terms now favoured and discouraged by this association. The manual describes each technique step by step and there are helpful illustrations of the placements for recording, stimulating and ground electrodes, although these could have been more appropriately juxtaposed to the text. References to articles are listed at the end of each technique, and standard values are given, although the authors stress that these should only be used if the recording technique is strictly adhered to. A few criticisms can be made, such as the H reflex does not show high sensitivity to Sl radiculopathy, amplitude of muscle action potentials should not be measured when recording from needle electrodes and the stimulation of nerve roots using a high voltage surface stimulator is not mentioned as an alternative to the more invasive needle stimulation. However, these are ail minor points and this manual will, as the authors hope, appeal to both the experienced clinical neurophysiologist, who will value a handy guide to techniques that he does not use in everyday practice. and to the clinical neurophysiologist or physician in training who wishes to develop consistent methods for measuring nerve conduction velocities. S.J.M. Smith Senior Registrar in Clinicul Neuroph.ysiologl. The Nutionul Hospitul for Nercmus Disease.~, London (ii. K. 1
Klinik und Poliklinik
der Technischen
Universitiit Miinchen, Munich (F. R.G.)
Manual
of Nerve Conduction
sensocy Evoked
Velocity und Somato-
Potentials (2nd edition),
by J.A. Delisa, K. Mackenzie and E.M. Baran, Raven Press, New York. 1987, 288 pp., U.S. $26.50.
This is the second edition of a manual of nerve conduction velocity and sensory evoked potential recording techniques which will already be familiar to many as a useful and readily accessible guide to the standard techniques for recording conduction velocities in nerves both commonly and uncommonly tested in the EMG laboratory. There is an introduction which outlines basic
methods and common pitfalls. The manual then covers cranial nerves, nerves of the upper and lower limbs and ends with a section on somatosensory potentials, which has been expanded in this edition, and a glossary compiled by the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis of the terms now favoured and discouraged by this association. The manual describes each technique step by step and there are helpful illustrations of the placements for recording, stimulating and ground electrodes, although these could have been more appropriately juxtaposed to the text. References to articles are listed at the end of each technique, and standard values are given, although the authors stress that these should only be used if the recording technique is strictly adhered to. A few criticisms can be made, such as the H reflex does not show high sensitivity to Sl radiculopathy, amplitude of muscle action potentials should not be measured when recording from needle electrodes and the stimulation of nerve roots using a high voltage surface stimulator is not mentioned as an alternative to the more invasive needle stimulation. However, these are ail minor points and this manual will, as the authors hope, appeal to both the experienced clinical neurophysiologist, who will value a handy guide to techniques that he does not use in everyday practice. and to the clinical neurophysiologist or physician in training who wishes to develop consistent methods for measuring nerve conduction velocities. S.J.M. Smith Senior Registrar in Clinicul Neuroph.ysiologl. The Nutionul Hospitul for Nercmus Disease.~, London (ii. K. 1