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'Fire of Life' analysis of heart rate variability during alpine skiing in Austria

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A Multifunctional Helmet for Noninvasive Neuromonitoring

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

A transcontinental pilot study for acupuncture lifting-thrusting and twisting-rotating manipulations.

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Abnormal brain stem auditory evoked potentials in a girl with the central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome

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Abstracts and Commentaries on Key Articles in the Literature

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Abstracts and Commentaries on Key Articles in the Literature

scientific article published on 01 February 2018

Acupoint Activation: Response in Microcirculation and the Role of Mast Cells

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Acupressure at the Meridian Acupoint Xiyangguan (GB33) Influences Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Parameters (Regional Oxygen Saturation) in Deeper Tissue of the Knee in Healthy Volunteers.

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Acupuncture Point Laterality: Investigation of Acute Effects of Quchi (LI11) in Patients with Hypertension Using Heart Rate Variability.

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Acupuncture and Lifestyle Myopia in Primary School Children-Results from a Transcontinental Pilot Study Performed in Comparison to Moxibustion

scholarly article by Xiaojuan Shang et al published 31 August 2018 in Medicines (Basel, Switzerland)

Acupuncture and Moxibustion have Different Effects on Fatigue by Regulating the Autonomic Nervous System: A Pilot Controlled Clinical Trial

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Acupuncture and Neural Mechanism in the Management of Low Back Pain-An Update.

scientific article published on 25 June 2018

Acupuncture for Neoplasms: An Update from the PubMed Database

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Acupuncture using laser needles modulates brain function: first evidence from functional transcranial Doppler sonography and functional magnetic resonance imaging.

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Adverse events of massage therapy in pain-related conditions: a systematic review

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An NIRS matrix for detecting and correcting cerebral oxygen desaturation events during surgery and neuroendovascular procedures

scientific article published in June 2005

Announcing the 2017 Medicines Travel Award for PostDocs

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Announcing the 2018 Medicines Travel Award for PostDocs

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Announcing the 2019 Travel Award for PostDocs

Auricular Acupuncture

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Auricular Acupuncture May Suppress Epileptic Seizures via Activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System: A Hypothesis Based on Innovative Methods

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Auricular acupuncture and biomedical research--A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation

scientific article published on 3 December 2015

Auricular acupuncture with laser.

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Bioengineering Assessment of Acupuncture, Part 8: Innovative Moxibustion

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, Part 6: monitoring--neurophysiology

scientific article published on January 2007

Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 1: thermography

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Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 2: monitoring of microcirculation

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Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 3: ultrasound

scientific article published on January 2006

Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 4: functional magnetic resonance imaging

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Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 5: cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on January 2006

Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture, part 7: heart rate variability

scientific article published on January 2007

Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients

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Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability-Part 2: Patients with Depression.

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Biomedical engineering meets acupuncture - development of a miniaturized 48-channel skin impedance measurement system for needle and laser acupuncture

scientific article published on November 23, 2010

Blue 405 nm laser light mediates heart rate - investigations at the acupoint Neiguan (Pe.6) in Chinese adults

scientific article published on October 1, 2009

Brain Photobiomodulation-Preliminary Results from Regional Cerebral Oximetry and Thermal Imaging

article published in 2019

Brain death: timing of apnea testing in primary brain stem lesion

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Brain-modulated effects of auricular acupressure on the regulation of autonomic function in healthy volunteers.

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Brain-stem auditory evoked potential monitoring. Variations of stimulus artifact in brain death

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials in respiratory insufficiency following encephalitis

scientific article published in February 1996

Can tongue acupuncture enhance body acupuncture? First results from heart rate variability and clinical scores in patients with depression.

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Cerebral and peripheral effects of laserneedle®-stimulation

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Cerebral near infrared spectroscopy and acupuncture--results of a pilot study

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Cerebral vascular effects of non-invasive laserneedles measured by transorbital and transtemporal Doppler sonography.

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Changes of locoregional skin temperature in neonates undergoing laser needle acupuncture at the acupuncture point large intestine 4

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Clinical efficacy, mechanisms, and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion

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Comparison of Acupuncturing Hegu (LI4) by Metal or Laser Needle on Facial Blood Perfusion Using Laser Speckle Technique

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of central nervous system disorders.

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Complementary treatment of obesity and overweight with salacia reticulata and vitamin d.

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Computer-assisted neurovegetative monitoring in patients after heart transplantation

scientific article published on 01 May 1994

Computer-based quantification of traditional chinese-, ear- and Korean hand acupuncture: needle-induced changes of regional cerebral blood flow velocity

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Continuous Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential Monitoring During Nocturnal Sleep

scientific article published on May 1, 1995

Continuous multivariable monitoring in neurological intensive care patients--preliminary reports on four cases

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Curcumin and Photobiomodulation in Chronic Viral Hepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Definition of Laser Acupuncture and All Kinds of Photo Acupuncture

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Deqi sensation in different kinds of acupuncture

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Deqi sensation in different kinds of acupuncture 2014.

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Ear Acupuncture according to the NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association)

scientific article published on 31 March 2019

Ear acupressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability in patients with insomnia

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Editorial on the “Special Issue in Honor of Dr. Michael Weber’s 70th Birthday: Photodynamic Therapy: Rising Star in Pharmaceutical Applications”

scientific article published in 2022

Effect of Electroacupuncture at ST36 on Gastric-Related Neurons in Spinal Dorsal Horn and Nucleus Tractus Solitarius

scientific article published on 26 September 2013

Effectiveness of Interstitial Laser Acupuncture Depends upon Dosage: Experimental Results from Electrocardiographic and Electrocorticographic Recordings

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Effects and mechanism of acupuncture based on the principle of meridians

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Effects of QiGong on brain function

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Effects of acupressure, manual acupuncture and Laserneedle acupuncture on EEG bispectral index and spectral edge frequency in healthy volunteers.

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Effects of acupuncture on heart rate variability in beagles; preliminary results.

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Effects of laserneedle stimulation in the external auditory meatus on brainstem and very early auditory evoked potentials in humans.

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Effects of popliteal illumination on cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on December 1, 2001

Effects of the New Lift-Thrust Operation in Laser Acupuncture Investigated by Thermal Imaging

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Electroacupuncture Improves the Survival Rate and Organ Function in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Electroacupuncture Reduces the Effects of Acute Noxious Stimulation on the Electrical Activity of Pain-Related Neurons in the Hippocampus of Control and Neuropathic Pain Rats.

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Electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36) Prevents Intestinal Barrier and Remote Organ Dysfunction following Gut Ischemia through Activating the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory-Dependent Mechanism

scientific article published on 4 April 2013

Electroacupuncture at Zusanli Prevents Severe Scalds-Induced Gut Ischemia and Paralysis by Activating the Cholinergic Pathway

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Electrodermal mapping of an acupuncture point and a non-acupuncture point

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Electrodermal mapping: A new technology

scientific article published on 26 September 2011

Electroencephalogram--entropy and acupuncture

scientific article published in June 2006

Evaluate laser needle effect on blood perfusion signals of contralateral hegu acupoint with wavelet analysis

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Evaluation of sedation on electroencephalographic spectral edge frequency 95 in dogs sedated by acupuncture at GV20 or Yintang and sedative combination.

scientific article published in January 2006

Experimental Study of Phlebitis Ointment Administration in Acute Superficial Thrombophlebitis.

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

Gender Differences in Laser Acupuncture-Results of a Crossover Study with Green and Yellow Laser at the Ear Point Shenmen.

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Heart Protective Effects of Electroacupuncture in an Animal Experimental Study with Delayed Fluid Resuscitation after Hemorrhagic Shock.

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Heart rate and heart rate variability responses to Tai Chi and jogging in Beijing and Graz

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

Heart rate variability and complementary medicine.

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High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Laser Medicine 2014.

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

High-tech acupuncture and integrative laser medicine 2013.

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High-tech acupuncture and integrative laser medicine.

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High-tech acupuncture for prevention of lifestyle diseases-A Sino-Austrian cooperation research protocol on heart rate variability

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High-tech acupuncture made in Austria — cerebral circulation

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Historical perspective of traditional indigenous medical practices: the current renaissance and conservation of herbal resources

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Improvement of the dynamic responses of heart rate variability patterns after needle and laser acupuncture treatment in patients with burnout syndrome: a transcontinental comparative study

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Increases of intracranial pressure and changes of blood flow velocity due to acupressure, needle and laser needle acupuncture?

scientific article published on 29 August 2005

Inflammatory Reactions of the Skin Caused by Adhesive EEG Electrodes

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

Infrared thermography fails to visualize stimulation-induced meridian-like structures

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Inhibiting effect of electroacupuncture at zusanli on early inflammatory factor levels formed by postoperative abdominal adhesions.

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Inhibitory Effects of 658 nm Laser Irradiation on Skin Temperature in Anesthetized Rats: Preliminary Results from a Controlled Study

Innovation in Medicine

scientific article published on 10 June 2014

Innovations and Challenges by Applying Sublingual Laser Blood Irradiation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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Integrative Laser Medicine and High-Tech Acupuncture at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, Europe

scientific article published on April 17, 2012

Intravenous laser blood irradiation and tocilizumab in a patient with juvenile arthritis

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Intravenous laser blood irradiation increases efficacy of etanercept in selected subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an innovative clinical research approach

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Intravenous laser blood irradiation, interstitial laser acupuncture, and electroacupuncture in an animal experimental setting: preliminary results from heart rate variability and electrocorticographic recordings

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Acupuncture-Basic Research and Clinical Application

Korean Pharmacopuncture Meets Austrian High- Tech Acupuncture - A Short Review Article Including a Bibliometric Analysis of Pharmacopuncture over the Last 15 Years - Pharmacopuncture and Europe

scientific article published on March 2013

Laser Acupuncture Research: China, Austria, and Other Countries-Update 2018

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Laser Acupuncture and Heart Rate Variability-Scientific Considerations.

scientific article published on 7 May 2018

Laser Acupuncture: Two Acupoints (Baihui, Neiguan) and Two Modalities of Laser (658 nm, 405 nm) Induce Different Effects in Neurovegetative Parameters.

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Laser Doppler flowmetry--experiences from intensive care medicine

scientific article published on June 1996

Laser Doppler imaging and cryoglobulinemia

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Laser Therapy and Dementia: A Database Analysis and Future Aspects on LED-Based Systems

scholarly article by Daniela Litscher & Gerhard Litscher published 2014 in International Journal of Photoenergy

Laser Therapy and Stroke: Quantification of Methodological Requirements in Consideration of Yellow Laser

article by Daniela Litscher & Gerhard Litscher published 2013 in International Journal of Photoenergy

Laser acupuncture - innovative basic research: visual and laser-induced evoked potentials

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Laser doppler flowmetry in the hyperbaric environment

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Laser-induced evoked potentials in the brain after nonperceptible optical stimulation at the neiguan acupoint: a preliminary report.

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Laseracupuncture - a possible alternative treatment for agitation and pain in neonates?

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Magnetic resonance imaging in first-episode psychosis

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Manual acupuncture and laser acupuncture for autonomic regulations in rats: observation on heart rate variability and gastric motility

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Manual khalifa therapy improves functional and morphological outcome of patients with anterior cruciate ligament rupture in the knee: a randomized controlled trial

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Manual khalifa therapy in patients with completely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the knee: First results from near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Manual khalifa therapy in patients with completely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the knee: first preliminary results from thermal imaging

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Modernization of traditional acupuncture using multimodal computer-based high-tech methods-recent results of blue laser and teleacupuncture from the Medical University of Graz

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Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Arthritis in Children and Adults: New Perspectives on Applied Photobiomodulation

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Multimodal Laser Stimulation and Traditional Needle Acupuncture in Post-Stroke Patients-A Pilot Cross-Over Study with Results from Near Infrared Spectroscopy

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Neuroimaging and Neuromonitoring Effects of Electro and Manual Acupuncture on the Central Nervous System: A Literature Review and Analysis

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No, There Is No Conclusive Scientific Evidence for Visualization of Meridians at the Moment

scientific article published on June 5, 2013

Nogier Reflex: Physiological and Experimental Results in Auricular Medicine-A New Hypothesis

Noninvasive assessment of cerebral oxygenation during high altitude trekking in the Nepal Himalayas (2850-5600 m).

scientific article published in March 2003

Noninvasive bioelectrical neuromonitoring in anaesthesia and critical care

scientific article published in December 2001

Objectivation of cerebral effects with a new continuous electrical auricular stimulation technique for pain management

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Observation of Microvascular Perfusion in the Hegu (LI4) Acupoint Area after Deqi Acupuncture at Quchi (LI11) Acupoint Using Speckle Laser Blood Flow Scanning Technology

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Pneumatic pulse simulation for teaching peripheral plexus blocks in cadavers

scientific article published in December 2002

Protective Effect of Electroacupuncture at Zusanli on Myocardial Injury in Septic Rats

scientific article published in 2018

Pseudoparadoxical dissociation of cerebral oxygen saturation and cerebral blood flow velocity after acupuncture in a woman with cerebrovascular dementia: a case report

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Quantitative analysis of axon collaterals of single pyramidal cells of the anterior piriform cortex of the guinea pig

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Recent novel high-tech researches in molecular biology

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RegentK and Physiotherapy-Electrodermal Mapping

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Report from the 9th International Symposium on Auriculotherapy Held in Singapore, 10-12 August 2017.

scientific article published on 26 June 2017

Report from the BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Biomedical Engineering Held in Xi'an, China, 9-11 November 2017.

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Report from the BIT's 4th Annual World Congress of High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Held in Xi'an, China, 25-27 September 2017.

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

Robot-Controlled Acupuncture-An Innovative Step towards Modernization of the Ancient Traditional Medical Treatment Method

scientific article published on 10 August 2019

Robotic transcranial Doppler sonography probes and acupuncture

scientific article published in July 1998

Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network-Annual Report 2014

scientific article published on 24 December 2014

Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network-Annual Report 2015.

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network-Annual Report 2016.

scientific article published on 22 February 2017

Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network: Annual Report 2017.

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Sino-European Transcontinental Basic and Clinical High-Tech Acupuncture Studies-Part 4: "Fire of Life" Analysis of Heart Rate Variability during Acupuncture in Clinical Studies.

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Sino-European Transcontinental Basic and Clinical High-Tech Acupuncture Studies—Part 1: Auricular Acupuncture Increases Heart Rate Variability in Anesthetized Rats

scientific article published on February 21, 2012

Sino-European transcontinental basic and clinical high-tech acupuncture studies-part 2: acute stimulation effects on heart rate and its variability in patients with insomnia

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Sino-European transcontinental basic and clinical high-tech acupuncture studies-part 3: violet laser stimulation in anesthetized rats.

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Specific effects of laserpuncture on the cerebral circulation

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Study of Guanxinning Injection on Regulatory Mechanism of Bcl-2 and Bax by Liquid Nitrogen Freezing-Mediated Femoral Head Necrosis

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System identification algorithm analysis of acupuncture effect on mean blood flux of contralateral hegu acupoint

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Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China

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Systematic review and meta-analysis in chinese medicine

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Technical Parameters for Laser Acupuncture to Elicit Peripheral and Central Effects: State-of-the-Art and Short Guidelines Based on Results from the Medical University of Graz, the German Academy of Acupuncture, and the Scientific Literature

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Temperature Measurements in Rehabilitation in Patients with Completely Ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament before and after RegentK and Physiotherapy

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Ten Years Evidence-based High-Tech Acupuncture Part 3: A Short Review of Animal Experiments

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Ten Years Evidence-based High-Tech Acupuncture--A Short Review of Peripherally Measured Effects

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Ten Years Evidence-based High-Tech Acupuncture-A Short Review of Centrally Measured Effects (Part II)

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The Effect of Repeated Electroacupuncture Analgesia on Neurotrophic and Cytokine Factors in Neuropathic Pain Rats

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The History of Liquid Ear Acupuncture and the Current Scientific State of the Art

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The application of bioengineering of acupuncture to the treatment of diabetes, insulin resistance and obesity

scientific article published in July 2010

The effect of scalp point cluster-needling on learning and memory function and neurotransmitter levels in rats with vascular dementia

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The influence of different acupuncture manipulations on the skin temperature of an acupoint

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

The influence of new colored light stimulation methods on heart rate variability, temperature, and well-being: results of a pilot study in humans

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The influence of positioning on spectroscopic measurements of brain oxygenation

scientific article published in April 2000

The influence of zusanli and nonmeridian acupuncture points on the survival rate and intestinal tissue features after fatal hemorrhagic shock in rats

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

Thermographical measuring of the skin temperature using laser needle acupuncture in preterm neonates

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Traditional Acupuncture Meets Modern Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Perspectives

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis on a Smartphone Using Skin Impedance at Acupoints: A Feasibility Study

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Traditional medicines in the world: where to go next?

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Transcontinental and Translational High-tech Acupuncture Research Using Computer-based Heart Rate and “Fire of Life” Heart Rate Variability Analysis

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Transcranial Laser Stimulation Research-A New Helmet and First Data from Near Infrared Spectroscopy

scientific article published on 3 September 2018

Transcranial cerebral oximetry in the hyperbaric environment

scientific article published in March 1997

Transcranial cerebral oximetry, transcranial Doppler sonography, and heart rate variability: useful neuromonitoring tools in anaesthesia and intensive care?

scientific article published in August 2002

Transcranial cerebral oximetry--is it clinically useless at this moment to interpret absolute values obtained by the INVOS 3100 cerebral oximeter?

scientific article published on April 1997

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for treating older patients with treatment-resistant depression

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

Violet Laser Acupuncture – Part 5: An Investigation of Different Stimulation Frequencies on Heart Rate and Variability

scientific article published on August 10, 2012

Violet Laser Acupuncture—Part 1: Effects on Brain Circulation

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Violet Laser Acupuncture—Part 3: Pilot Study of Potential Effects on Temperature Distribution

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Violet Laser Acupuncture—Part 4: Acute Effects on Human Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

When modern technology meets ancient traditional chinese medicine

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

Yes, There Is Deqi Sensation in Laser Acupuncture

scientific article published on February 20, 2013

[Acoustically evoked brain stem potentials in infants at risk for SIDS with and without aminophylline therapy]

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

[Burst suppression detection in pEEG]

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

[Cerebral monitoring in anesthesia and intensive care]

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[Changes in cerebral near infrared spectroscopy parameters during manual acupuncture needle stimulation]

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

[Computer-assisted documentation of brain death with the Clipper program language]

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

[Computer-controlled acupuncture. A new construction for simultaneous measurement of blood flow velocity of the supratrochlear and middle cerebral arteries]

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

[Laser Doppler data analysis during interstitial laser thermotherapy with magnetic resonance control within the scope of an animal experiment study]

scientific article published on April 1997

[Near infrared spectroscopy. Limits and problems in the intensive care unit]

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

[Noninvasive monitoring of regional cerebral oxygen saturation--experiences in critical care medicine]

[Quantification of gender specific thermal sensory and pain threshold before and after laser needle stimulation].

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[Thermographic visualization of changes in peripheral perfusion during acupuncture]

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

[Transcranial Doppler ultrasound--robotics-controlled transducers for quantifying the effect of acupuncture]

scientific article published on 01 May 1997