%0 Guideline %T American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine guidelines for outcome studies in electrodiagnostic medicine. %A Jablecki CK %A Andary MT %A Di Benedetto M %A Horowitz SH %A Marino RJ %A Rosenbaum RB %A Shields RW %A Stevens JC %A Williams FH %J Muscle Nerve %V 19 %N 12 %D Dec 1996 %M 8941283 %F 3.852 %R 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1626::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-P %X 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.