Articles
Plain explanations of what these assessments measure, written for the person having them and for the clinician reading the report.
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What Makes a Good Vascular and Autonomic Tester
Nearly every false abnormality in this suite is procedural. The person performing the studies is the largest single determinant of whether the numbers mean anything.
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Getting Diagnostic Results Into the Chart
A report filed as a scanned image satisfies a documentation requirement and answers no question you can ask across a panel.
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Supervision and Staffing for In-Office Testing
Whether a physician must be present depends on the study and the setting. The questions to settle in writing before the first patient, and who does what.
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How to Read Your Measura Report
Three habits make a report useful instead of alarming: read the pattern, read the conditions, and keep the previous one.
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Small-Fiber Versus Large-Fiber Neuropathy
If you have burning feet and a normal nerve conduction study, you were probably tested with the wrong instrument rather than reassured.
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How a Testing Plan Is Chosen
Nobody has all fifteen assessments. The panel is built backwards from the question you actually came in with.
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How Often Should You Repeat Cardiometabolic Testing?
Set the interval from what was found and what is being changed, not from the calendar. Four situations, and which measurements move fastest.
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What a Test Result Can and Cannot Tell You
Every measurement is a number about your physiology at one moment, under recorded conditions. More useful than it sounds, and less absolute than people assume.
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How Long Does Measura Testing Take?
A full assessment occupies most of a morning or an afternoon. A focused one can be under an hour. Component-by-component timings.
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Do You Need a Referral for Measura Testing?
No referral is needed. You can arrange an assessment yourself, and the report goes to whichever clinician you name.