Electromyography in polymyositis

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Compared to normal muscle, that in polymyositis shows:

reduced duration and amplitude of action potentials

greatly increased proportion of polyphasic action potentials

in severe weakness, the number of action potentials may be reduced

occasionally, there may be spontaneous fibrillations from the distal part of the neurone

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Electromyography in polymyositis

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