LightNeedle - RJ Laser

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Abstracts Laser Acupuncture
Laserneedle Acupuncture: A Critical Review and Recent Results
Detlef Schikora, PhD
In the last 5 years, laserneedle acupuncture has become a new category in acupuncture, with its
own scientific basics. It combines the tradition of Chinese acupuncture with the possibilities of
modern technology. Laserneedle acupuncture is in accordance with the aim of traditional medicine
because it uses the most essential and most natural medium of our existence, the light,
to heal illnesses. The painless laserneedle acupuncture is of proven medical effectiveness and
particularly suited for the treatment of children and those patients who regard the metal needle
insertion into the skin as unpleasant. In daily practical use, laserneedle acupuncture can
be performed like any traditional needle acupuncture treatment.
The diagnostic criteria of acupoint selection, the treatment duration, and treatment frequency
are identical to the traditional Chinese acupuncture. To perform successful laserneedle acupuncture
treatments, no additional qualification is required.
Offering the painless laserneedle acupuncture to the patient means that the acupuncture needles
are substituted and the risks of the metal needle are eliminated.
Effect of New Non-invasive Laser Needles on Brain Function
G. Litscher*, D. Schikora**
* Department of Biomedical Eng. and Research in Anesthesia and Critical Care,
University of Graz, Graz, Austria
** Department of Physics and Optoelectronic, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
This paper describes the first double-blind study in acupuncture research in 17 healthy
volunteers using laserneedle acupuncture. Stimulation of vision related acupoints resulted
in marked changes of mean blood flow velocity in the posterior cerebral artery measured by
multidirectional transcranial Doppler sonography. Further studies using different laser stimulus
intensities and wavelengths are in progress.
Cerebral Vascular Effects of Non-invasive Laserneedles Measured by Transorbital
and Transtemporal Doppler Sonography
G. Litscher1 and D. Schikora2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering and Research in Anesthesia and Critical Care, University
of Graz, Austria; 2Department of Physics and Optoelectronic, University of Paderborn, Germany
Laserneedles represent a new non-invasive optical stimulation method which is described for
the first time in this paper. We investigated 27 healthy volunteers (mean ageSD: 25.154.12
years; range: 21–38 years; 14 female, 13 male) in a randomised cross-over trial to study differences
between laserneedle acupuncture and manual needle acupuncture in specific cerebral
parameters. Mean blood flow velocity (vm) showed specific and significant increases in the
ophthalmic artery during laserneedle stimulation (p=0.01) and during manual needle stimulation
(p