Correspondence of the auricular acupoint with the upper trapezius muscle: A electromyographic study

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-30

  Politti, Fabiano ^a   Vitti, Mathias ^b   Amorim, Cesar F ^c   de Oliveira Tosello, Darcy ^a   Palomari, Evanisi T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupoints; Auricular acupuncture; Ear anatomy; Electromyography

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949124146     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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