Jablecki C K, Andary M T, Di Benedetto M, Horowitz S H, Marino R J, Rosenbaum R B, Shields R W, Stevens J C, Williams F H
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
Muscle Nerve. 1996 Dec;19(12):1626-35. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1626::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-P.
Based on a review of the literature and the clinical research experience of the authors and reviewers, the AAEM proposes 17 criteria which should be used to construct and evaluate diagnostic and/or therapeutic outcome studies for patients with symptoms and signs of neuromuscular diseases. Neuromuscular diseases are defined as diseases that cause pathology and/or dysfunction of the sensory, motor, and/or autonomic nerve offers and/or muscles.