3D-MRI rendering of the anatomical structures related to acupuncture points of the Dai mai, Yin qiao mai and Yang qiao mai meridians within the context of the WOMED concept of lateral tension: Implications for musculoskeletal disease

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moncayo, Roy ^a   Rudisch, Ansgar ^b   Kremser, Christian ^b   Moncayo, Helga ^a  

^a WOMED   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOOT SOLE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONE; PAIN;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN;

EID: 34247372963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-33     Document Type: Article

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