The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, commonly called the Monkey Trial, was intended to accomplish two goals: to challenge the Butler Act, which made the teaching of the theory of evolution illegal in Tennessee schools, and to draw commercial attention to the small town of Dayton, in Rhea County.
EMG is a low-risk procedure, and complications are rare. There's a small risk of bleeding, infection and nerve injury where a needle electrode is inserted.When muscles along the chest wall are examined with a needle electrode, there's a very small risk that it could cause air to leak into the area between the lungs and chest wall, causing a lung to collapse (pneumothorax).1  Why it's done.2  How you prepare.hen muscles along the chest wall are examined with a needle electrode, there's a very small risk that it could cause air to leak into the area between the lungs and chest wall, causing a lung to collapse (pneumothorax). 1  Why it's done. 2  How you prepare.
The results of the EMG and the nerve conduction study then also guide us more specifically to what type of treatment you should have, typically at your next visit. Why is an EMG/NCS Test Performed? Typically, an EMG/nerve conduction studies are ordered when a patient is having some type of nerve symptom. That can be in one, two, or three ways.