Neuromuscular Ultrasound Training Courses in the Post COVID-19 Era: Is Virtual Training Here to Stay, and Should the Pre-pandemic Training Design Be Revised?

Overview

Journal Muscle Nerve

Date 2021 Oct 23

PMID 34687226

Authors

Luciana Pelosi

Neil G Simon

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