Trigger Points Revealed: Keeping Muscles Functioning Properly
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Ultrasound-Guided Trigger Point Injection for Myofascial Trigger Points in the Subscapularis and Pectoralis Muscles
www.eymj.org We read with great interest the article by Shin, et al. in the May 2014 issue of the Yonsei Medical Journal. The authors described the application of ultrasound-guided (USG) trigger point injection for myofascial trigger points in the subscapularis and pectoralis muscles to post-mastectomy patients. The article was supported by four USG pictures. We, as anesthesiologists, have been...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Scientific Orthopaedics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2581-8635
DOI: 10.31080/asor.2019.02.0104