Understanding Neuromuscular Disorders and Their Symptoms
Neuromuscular disorders strike 1.5 million Americans annually. Afflicting both young and old – and often those in the prime of life – diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, and myopathies are debilitating, often progressive, and sometimes fatal. Weakness, paralysis, respiratory distress, and intractable pain caused by a nerve disease dramatically alter quality of life for both patients and families.
The Neuromuscular Center at Cleveland Clinic specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of these and other neuromuscular disorders. Specialists at the Neuromuscular Center offer comprehensive workups to achieve accurate diagnosis of nerve disease and rely upon state-of-the-art treatment modalities to optimize quality of life. Both inpatients and outpatients benefit from well-orchestrated teamwork by Cleveland Clinic specialists and allied health professionals.
Neurologists, pulmonologists, rheumatologists, pathologists, anesthesiologists, surgeons, and orthopedists join forces with orthotics, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, dieticians, nurse clinicians, and social workers to offer comprehensive, compassionate care for those with neuromuscular disorders.
Seeking Healthy Research Volunteers 60 Years and Over
Study title:The Significance of the Absent Leg Nerve Response on EMG in the Healthy Elderly
Help determine nerve response values in the leg for patients over the age of 60 as measured by an EMG nerve test.
Research patients will undergo a limited EMG of the leg, skin biopsy, bloodwork, and autonomic laboratory studies. Total participation time should not exceed 3 hours and can be completed within one to two clinic visits. The cost of all testing will be covered by the research study, including parking fees.
You CANNOT be in the study if you have the following:
- Numbness, tingling, or weakness in the legs/feet
- A history of a peripheral neuropathy or nerve disease
- Diabetes
- B12 deficiency
- A history of chemotherapy for cancer
- A family history of nerve disease not related to diabetes
- You are on coumadin
This study is being conducted by Dr. Jinny Tavee and Dr. Kerry Levin at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute. For more information, call Dr. Jinny Tavee 216.445.2653.
Associated Departments
Chronic Pain Rehabilitation
Dietary Management
Gastroenterology
Plastic Surgery
Physical and Occupational Therapy
Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology
Social Work
Speech Therapy
Center for Spine Health
Surgical Pathology
