title: Laryngeal Electromyography Techniques and Clinical Use.
abstract: Laryngeal electromyography is considered a valuable diagnostic tool for voice disorders. The technique, described almost 70 years ago, evolved 3 decades later, mainly because of the growing interest of laryngologists and speech pathologists. In the authors' opinion, the reduced number of neurophysiologists involved in laryngeal electromyography groups is, at some instance, related to the difficulty to start the learning process and the multidisciplinary approach the field requires. This review highlights the anatomy and physiology needed to perform laryngeal electromyography and its clinical usefulness in the new field known as neurolaryngology.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *Clinical Neurophysiology and †Otorhinolaryngology, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Campinas-SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Andre Teixeira
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kimaid
authors.forename: Agrício Nubiato
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.forename: Ana Lucila
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Aline Epiphanio
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Marcondes Cavalcante
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: França
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007821:Laryngeal Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*