A standardized protocol for needle placement in suboccipital muscles

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 501-508

  Hallgren, Richard C ^a,c   Andary, Michael T ^a   Wyman, Andrew J ^b   Rowan, Jacob J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St John Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical; Electromyography; Muscles; Suboccipital; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NEEDLES;

EID: 50949107546     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20660     Document Type: Article

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