Anatomical Atlas of the Upper Limb Related to Neuromodulator Injection and the Management of Spasticity

Anatomical Atlas of the Upper Limb Related to Neuromodulator Injection and the Management of Spasticity is an eLearning program intended to be used as a quick and accessible reference for injectors during the course of their education and clinical practice.

Our team has supported toxin and chemodenervation procedures with our Myoguide injection guidance device for over a decade. Myoguide is the premier handheld, EMG, and ESTIM-guided injection device in the market today. We have been working with the latest augmented reality technology over the years to be able to illustrate anatomy in the simplest, most accessible way.

The first prototype of our anatomical arm was debuted over three years ago, to illustrate the value of augmented reality for learning platforms. The ARm prototype was based on a palpable anatomical arm that could be rotated within the view of an AR-based application, which superimposed 3D anatomy over the physical arm.  This simulation was an incredible application of AR to illustrate chemodenervation procedures. It was not very convenient or stable but did illustrate the value of AR for illustrating concepts.

The Anatomical Atlas of The Upper Limb Related to Neuromodulator Injection and the Management of Spasticity was created to provide a brief review of the anatomy of the arm, highlighting the vast majority of muscles likely to be managed by neuromodulators and chemodenervation. Our goal is to provide a handy reference guide to review salient details of these procedures for educational purposes without the encumbrance of a physical model.

Our 3D-rendered virtual anatomical model of the arm, Francis, can be a valuable resource to display the anatomy of the upper limb. The virtual arm model highlights the muscles in question and can be rotated and viewed in either longitudinal or cross-sectional views for further investigation. Other muscles can be selected during exploration, and the model can be reset back to the beginning muscle to restart the exploration.

Use the button below to launch our interactive 3D-anatomical model of the upper limb, Francis:

Resources include anatomical graphics directly from our augmented reality database, cross-sectional views, areas of interest, and important anatomical aspects to consider before any injection is carried out.

This course shall provide a new reference that contains useful information with both 2D and 3D anatomical graphics to help review therapeutic injection approaches. 

We acknowledge that this is a large volume of information to communicate, so we welcome feedback, advice, and suggestions to help us improve this online reference. The final lesson in this course includes an embedded feedback form for your convenience. Otherwise, please feel free to contact us using the contact form on our website.

The inclusion of visual and textual information for executing injection localization and the inclusion of a virtual model of the arm makes this program unique.

We aim to support the virtual models as a visual aid to complement our didactic teachings. This integrated program will serve as a valuable supplement to the comprehensive spasticity curriculum and hands-on experience. This helpful resource can assist students, residents, and fellows throughout their training and clinicians in their daily practice.

To begin, select the muscle you’re interested in referencing from the list of lessons below, or navigate through one by one.