Clinical neurophysiology studies can contribute important information about the physiology of human movement and the pathophysiology and diagnosis of different movement disorders. Some techniques can be accomplished in a routine clinical neurophysiology laboratory and others require some special equipment. This review, initiating a series of articles on this topic, focuses on the methods and techniques. The methods reviewed include EMG, EEG, MEG, evoked potentials, coherence, accelerometry, posturography (balance), gait, and sleep studies. Functional MRI (fMRI) is also reviewed as a physiological method that can be used independently or together with other methods. A few applications to patients with movement disorders are discussed as examples, but the detailed applications will be the subject of other articles.

临床神经生理学研究可以提供有关人类运动生理学以及不同运动障碍的病理生理学和诊断的重要信息。有些技术可以在常规临床神经生理学实验室中完成，而其他技术则需要一些特殊设备。这篇评论引发了有关该主题的一系列文章，重点关注方法和技术。审查的方法包括肌电图、脑电图、脑磁图、诱发电位、相干性、加速度测量、姿势描记法（平衡）、步态和睡眠研究。功能性磁共振成像（fMRI）也被认为是一种可以独立使用或与其他方法一起使用的生理学方法。作为示例讨论了对运动障碍患者的一些应用，但详细的应用将是其他文章的主题。