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| Neuromuscular Disease |
What does neuromuscular health involve?
Neuromuscular health involves how nerves and muscles work together,
allowing us to move, speak and perform other physical activities. Neuromuscular
disorders like myasthenia gravis can cause weakness or make it difficult
to control movements.
UHN’s Neuromuscular Care Area
Our neuromuscular care area specializes in caring for patients with
complex disorders — in fact, we’re home to the largest
program in Canada for patients with myasthenia gravis.
Patients are referred to our care area from across Ontario and Canada.
We see approximately 3,500 patients each year in our clinic and perform
1600 procedures, such as single-fibre electromyography (EMG) and quantitative
EMG tests. For these procedures, we use state-of-the-art electrodiagnostic
equipment.
Research and education help us improve neuromuscular treatments and
ensure our high quality of treatment continues with the next generation
of health-care professionals. We provide teaching at the postgraduate
and undergraduate levels and our research is focused on new treatments
for patients with the following disorders:
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Inflammatory demyelinateing ployneurpathy (acute and chronic)
- Myasthenia gravis
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