An EMG report describes the nerve conduction findings and the needle examination findings, then gives an impression. The impression is the part that answers your question: it states whether a problem was found, where it is, what type it is, and how severe.
An EMG report describes the nerve conduction findings and the needle examination findings, then gives an impression. The impression is the part that answers your question: it states whether a problem was found, where it is, what type it is, and how severe.
The body of the report contains tables of numbers that mean little without training, and reading them cold usually generates worry rather than understanding. The impression at the end is where the neurologist states the conclusion in words. It typically names the affected nerve or nerve root, describes the type of problem, grades severity as mild, moderate or severe, and notes whether the findings are acute or long-standing.
Latency is how long a signal takes to travel, and prolonged latency suggests slowing. Amplitude reflects how many fibres are responding, and reduced amplitude suggests fibre loss. Demyelinating means the insulating sheath is affected, which slows conduction. Axonal means the nerve fibre itself is damaged, which reduces amplitude. Fibrillations and positive sharp waves are abnormal spontaneous activity in muscle at rest, indicating loss of nerve supply. Chronic reinnervation changes suggest the problem has been present for some time and the body has partly compensated.
If the report says normal, that is genuine information rather than a failure. It argues against a nerve or muscle cause for your symptoms and redirects the assessment elsewhere, which is useful. It does not mean the symptoms are imagined. Some conditions affect small nerve fibres that this study does not assess, and very early changes may not yet be visible, which is why the result is interpreted against your history by the neurologist who performed it rather than read in isolation.
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Physician-reviewed. Reviewed by the physicians of Clinical Neurology Specialists — board-certified neurologists, AANEM-accredited electrodiagnostic laboratories, physician-owned since 1998. Reviewed 1 August 2026. This article is general education for adults 18 and older and is not a substitute for a consultation.
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