occipitomastoid
adjEtymology From occipito- + mastoid.
- The practitioner sits behind the participant’s head, contacts participant’s lateral protuberances of the squama occipitalis (medially to the occipitomastoid suture) with the thenar eminence of both hands.2015 July 13, Wagner Rodrigues Martins et al., “Immediate changes in electroencephalography activity in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain after cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment: study protocol of a randomized, controlled crossover trial”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI: