CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Clinical neurophysiology is an area of medical
practice focused primarily on measuring function
in the central and peripheral nervous
systems, the autonomic nervous system, and
muscles. The specialty identifies and characterizes
diseases of these areas, understands
their pathophysiology, and, to a limited extent,
treats them. Clinical neurophysiology relies
entirely on the measurement of ongoing
function—either spontaneous or in response
to a defined stimulus—in a patient. Each of
the clinical neurophysiology methods measures
function by recording alterations in physiology
as manifested by changes in electrical
waveforms, electromagnetic