in the early 1900s (Davis 12). These periods in order are the early period, the ebb tide period, the. period of reawakened interest in primaries and the system of popular appeal, which is also. known as the post reform period (Davis 12).
With nerve conduction studies, you may feel a quick, burning pain, a tingling feeling, and a twitching of the muscle each time the electrical pulse is given. It feels like the kind of tingling you feel when you rub your feet on the carpet and then touch a metal object. The tests make some people anxious.
If the EMG/NCV testing is normal but patients are still having uncomfortable painful or burning parasthesias; skin biopsy testing can be performed to evaluate for small fiber neuropathy. Small fiber neuropathy is a disorder that does not manifest on routine EMG/NCV testing and can cause extremely painful parasthesias.