The EMG doctor examines you to decide what tests to do. You can have problems with your muscles and nerves in only one part of your body or throughout your body. The EMG test your doctor has recommended studies if your muscles and nerves are working right. From this survey, the individual's age, sex, habitus, and size of the EMG needle (to some extent) do not seem to influence significantly the perception of pain during electrodiagnostic procedures. Electrodiagnostic medicine studies diseases of the nerves and muscles.

Again, the age, sex, and BMI showed no significant relationship to pain from the NC test. Multiple regression analysis showed that age, sex, and needle size were not significantly related to pain from the EMG examination. Pain from needle EMG was correlated with NC pain, and EMG was perceived as more painful than the NC procedure. Also, there was no correlation between pain and the EMG needle gauge or length. The body mass index (BMI) also showed no correlation to pain from the procedures. The findings revealed no significant correlation between age and pain from the NC or needle EMG procedure. Statistical analyses were performed to determine if there were relationships between pain and any of the technologic and physiologic variables. The patient was asked to rate the pain immediately after the electrodiagnostic study was completed. Pain survey was administered to 77 patients undergoing nerve conduction (NC) and needle electromyographic (EMG) procedures.