The State of the Art of Acupuncture in Integrative Medicine

http://www.icmart2011.org

Dear Colleagues,

It is my privilege to invite you to attend the ICMART 2011 Congress in The International City of Peace and Justice, The Hague. What a wonderful destination with so much history.

The theme, "The State of the Art of Acupuncture in Integrative Medicine" suggests an ambitious program, and rightly so for the NAAV has assembled an impressive cast of speakers to cover a range of diverse topics. Peruse the program and you will find there is something for everyone, whether you are an expert, an accomplished practitioner or a neophyte acupuncturist at the beginning of your career. Cutting edge research will be presented to further your understanding of acupuncture. Clinicians will benefit from the practice orientated sessions, such as acupuncture in oncology and acupuncture treatment of anxiety, and many others.

The program is extensive, with four concurrent streams running on all days of the conference. The difficulty will be deciding which sessions not to attend.

Look forward to meeting you at the Congress

Chin Chan

President ICMART

Dear colleagues,

We are looking forward to welcome you to the Netherlands and so does the Australian ICMART-president. With a new general secretary after 25 years, there will likely be some alterations to the programme.

With her network in the European parliament she would like to introduce a forum of the Cambrella, that is the umbrella of CAM, Complementary Alternative Medicine, that has succeeded in getting the politicians interested in CAM-research. Nowadays we need the political acceptation and recognition of acupuncture so as to realize the wish of so many patients to be treated with acupuncture and be fully reimbursed by their health insurance.

For the integration of acupuncture in school medicine the chairman of the scientific committee has introduced round table conferences around one topic. He also likes to get everybody on the move through the digital construction of our congress site.

It has already resulted in letters from famous lecturers around the world, all willing to contribute to our ICMART symposium. But before diving into your interesting presentations of practice-based and evidence-based research, we would like to offer you a splendid opportunity to get rid of the winter blues and of the jetlag. One day before Congress begins, that is on Thursday the 12th of May, there will be the touristic tour to the wellknown 65 acres of magic carpet of millions of Tulip-bulbs in the flower park “Keukenhof”, just behind the Dunes.

We invite you to visit the congress website for an interesting social programme for the many accompanying persons, who can attend our welcome reception without fee. We hope to embrace you all in the renewed, enlarged China Town of the municipality of The Hague.

Mrs. Chun Lee Oei-Tan, MD, PhD President of the NAAV (Nederlandse Artsen Acupunctuur Vereniging)

Greeting Address
Walburg Maric-Oehler MD

Medical Acupuncture has made great strides in the last decades. By energizing and challenging the traditions of conventional Western medicine, Medical Acupuncture has been in the forefront of establishing the new model of integrative medicine.

ICMART, as the premier international spokes-organization for Medical Acupuncture worldwide, has played a special role in this process. Over many years the ICMART congresses have created a platform of dialogue and exchange in various important areas, including education, clinical practice and research.

Many of you who have taken part in, and have played an active role in these congresses, have witnessed the evolutionary development of Medical Acupuncture. You have been active participants in the birth of international integrative medicine. Since the founding of ICMART in 1983, more and more Medical Acupuncture societies and their thousands of members have participated in this work. We are convinced that, with the help of many old and new friends, we can continue to encourage this historic paradigm shift in medicine.

The organizers of this congress, in cooperation with the ICMART board and the scientific committee, are preparing an interesting and significant program of clinical and scientific topics. Many special sessions and workshops will be part of the congress. They will be critical in considering the aims and goals of Medical Acupuncture in light of the current health policy needs of many countries.

On behalf of the ICMART board and the congress organizers I kindly invite you to the ICMART Congress 2011 ‘State of the Art of Acupuncture in Integrative Medicine’ in The Hague / Den Haag. Our Dutch hosts will welcome you to an exciting environment with countless flourishing tulips as a special, typically Dutch, gift. They will do everything to welcome you and make sure that you are comfortable during your visit to the conference.

Looking forward to welcome you in The Hague.

Your ICMART General Secretary
Walburg Mariæ-Oehler

PROGRAMME ICMART WORLD CONGRESS 2011

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2011

OPENING CEREMONY
ROOM A: 09.00 - 09.30

• Master of Ceremony: Beyens Francois

Welcome address:

• Chan Chin, Congress President , President ICMART
• Oei-Tan Chun Lee, Congress President, President NAAV
• Henk Kool, Deputy Mayor Municipality of The Hague
• Maric-Oehler Walburg, Secretary General ICMART

 
EXPLANATION OF THE PROGRAMME 
ROOM A: 09.30 - 09.45

• Kopsky David, Chairman Scientific Committee
• Fossion Jean Pierre, Secretary Scientific Committee
• Determining the position of acupuncture in health care: SWOT - analysis

           
STRENGTHS OF ACUPUNCTURE
a call for clinical evidence
 
KEYNOTE LECTURE 1
ROOM A: 09.45 – 10.15

• Chair: Usichenko Taras
• Co-Chairs: Chan Chin & Oei-Tan Chun Lee
• Irnich Dominik (Germany): Acupuncture is a key component in pain management              

 
10.15 – 10.45 BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS

ACUPUNCTURE IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
ROOM A: 10.45-12.00

• Chair: Usichenko Taras
• Co-Chairs: Oei-Tan Chun Lee & Chan Chin
• Sudirman Syarif (Indonesia): The role of acupuncture in pain management  
• Yoshizimi Alexandre Massao (Brazil): Acupuncture for acute non-specific low back pain: a randomized, controlled, double-blind, placebo trial
• Varma Vinay (India): Evidence based medical acupuncture in back pain
• Gleditsch Jochen (Germany): The Very-Point Technique in chronic pain  

 
WORKING MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE
ROOM 5: 10.45 – 12.00

• Chair: Irnich Dominik
• Co-chairs: Sautreuil Patrick 
• Fossion Jean Pierre (Belgium): Diffuse noxious inhibitory control (dnic) of le bars: literature review about the responsable neurological circuits of dnic explains new additional characteristics about acupoints not included in the description of le bars
• Leutzow Bianca (Germany): Investigation on the origin of far field short latency potentials evoked from auricular acupuncture points
• Theodoratou Konstantina (Greece): Can acupoints have an additional convergent effect? a statistical study into five basic points

 
ACUPUNCTURE FOR REDUCING STRESS AND ANXIETY
ROOM 7: 10.45 – 12.00

• Chair: Maric-Oehler Walburg
• Co-chair: Sager Marshall
• Maric-Oehler Walburg (Germany): Post-traumatic stress disorders – an integrative east-west psychosomatic approach
• Nepp Johannes (Austria): Acupuncture and psychotherapy in phobic disorders                               
• Lee CS (Taiwan): Effects of auricular acupressure on the degree of anxiety and heart rate variability of primiparous women in labor
• So Wing Sze Emily (China): A randomized study comparing one session with two sessions of non-invasive acupuncture in patients undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET)

 
PRACTICAL IMPLICATION OF INTEGRATING ACUPUNCTURE IN MEDICINE
ROOM 8: 10.45 – 12.00

• Chair: Giralt Isabel
• Co-chair: Pothmann Raymund
• Muraközy Henriette (Germany):Complex „Pine”- Acupuncture as an effective part of multimodal pain management in rheumatologic disorders
• Schockert Thomas (Germany): Successful application of acupuncture in emergency medicine – new case reports
• Ang Y.T. (Taiwan): TCM integrated program can significantly reduce the frequencies of asthma attack in children.
• Longo Francesco: Acupuncture pain treatment in horses

 
CONSENSUS PLENARY DISCUSSION 1
ROOM A: 12.15 – 13.00
Moderator: Kopsky David
Summary by the four chairmen of the parallel sessions followed by plenary discussion 
Usichenko Taras, Irnich Dominik, Maric-Oehler Walburg, Giralt Isabel
 
13.00 – 14.30 LUNCH - VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS

WEAKNESS OF ACUPUNCTURE
a call for solutions and applications
 
KEYNOTE LECTURE 2
ROOM   A: 14.30 – 15.00

• Chair: Nögel Rainer
• Co-chairs: Fossion Jean Pierre & Khoe-Go Mayke
• Nögel Rainer: Chinese Herbal Therapy – is it risky?

 
CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE
ROOM A: 15.15 – 16.30

• Chair: Nogel Rainer
• Co-Chairs: Fossion Jean Pierre & Khoe-Go Mayke
• Baak Jan P.A.: Is the improvement of the prognosis of patients with metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma treated with TCM herbal medicine due to lag time to treatment (“doctor’s delay”) bias?
• Hou Mark Chun-Cheng: The jointed usage of conventional medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine on diabetes in Taiwan: a population-based study
• Wang Zhu Xing: Clinical observation of acupuncture and moxibustion, combining Chinese herbs, in the treatment of 36 cases of refractory primary trigeminal neuralgia

 
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH
ROOM 5: 15.15 – 16.30

• Chair: Aung Steven
• Co-chair: Fossion Ruben Y.M.
• Smeets Jos (The Netherlands): Randomised pragmatic controlled trial on COPD 
• Brignol Tuy Nga: Can OPC (Objective Performance Criteria) used in FDA approval for medical devices represent an acceptable and scientifically valid alternative to show efficacy in clinical trials in acupuncture?
• Brignol Tuy Nga: Acupuncture Clinical Trials : a systematic literature review
• Yi Seung-Ho:   Thermal properties of warm needle acupuncture and its meaning to heat stimulus

 
ACUPUNCTURE AND POINT SPECIFICITY
ROOM 7: 15.15 – 16.30

• Chair: Liertzer Helmut
• Co-chair: Abut Mehmet
• Watanabe Masashi: The acupuncture needle stimulation to LR3 (Taichong) increases blood flow volume in the brachial artery more than ST36 (Zusanli) or non-acupuncture point
• Park Hyun Kyu: Cerebral circulation and Korean Hand Acupuncture therapy
• Park Hyun Kyu: Evidence based Korean Hand Acupuncture
• Silva Joao:   The effects of so-called “forbidden acupuncture points” in the pregnancy’s outcome of Wistar rats

 
MICROSYSTEMS, LITTLE RESEARCH
ROOM 8: 15.15 – 16.30

• Chair: Gleditsch Jochen
• Co-chairs: Leysen Peter & Luxenburger Hedi
• Frank Bryan L.: Pathophysiology expressed in advanced auricular therapy
• Mastalier Oskar: New discovered Auricular Reflex-Point of the Ciliospinal Center in addiction treatment
• Stranecky Milan: Investigation of human biofield with a polarizing filter in auriculomedicine

 
16.30 – 17.00 BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS

CONSENSUS PLENARY DISCUSSION 2
ROOM A: 17.00 – 18.00
Moderator: Kopsky David
Summary by the four chairmen of the four parallel sessions followed by plenary discussion
Nögel Rainer, Aung Steven, Liertzer Helmut, Gleditsch Jochen
 
18.00 – 20.00 WELCOME RECEPTION IN HOTEL BEL AIR

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2011

8.00-8.45: QI-GONG WITH AUNG
                   Meeting Point: Hotel Lobby

OPPORTUNITIES OF ACUPUNCTURE
in search of public service and technical improvement
 
KEYNOTE LECTURE 3
ROOM A: 9.00 – 09.30

• Chair: Theodoratou Konstantina, Co-chairs: Liem Hay & Koosnadi Saputra
• Usichenko Taras: Auricular acupuncture for the treatment of pain

 
SPECIALISATIONS IN DISEASE AND ACUPUNCTURE
ROOM A: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Theodoratou Konstatina
• Co-Chairs: Liem Hay & Koosnadi Saputra
• Sautreuil Patrick: Paraplegia and acupunctural signal
• Wong Chung R.E.: Treatment of movement disorders, by way of acupuncture therapy combined with electro-stimulation
• Firatli Osman: Retinitis Pigmentosa treatment
• Feltrim Elder: Acupuncture healing in dermatology: an experimental study with rats

 
CONTEXT, PATIENT SATISFACTION & CHRONOACUPUNCTURE
ROOM 5: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Sant’Ana Antonio
• Co-chair: Hammes Michael
• Aung Steven: The most effective and efficient acupuncture approaches
• Aung Steven: Clinical use of acupuncture in mental health
• Nedeljkovic Marko: Similarities and differences between physician acupuncturists and non-physician acupuncturists in using diagnostic methods – an explorative study.
• Luzina-Chju Lily: Chronoacupuncture in the treatment of biliary dyskinesia.

NUTRITION
ROOM 7: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Chan Chin
• Co-chair: Omura Yoshiaki
• Chan Chin: Chronic Fatigue - Is acupuncture enough?
• Pothmann Raymund: Dietary treatment in headache of schoolchildren
• Lindwer-Kruithof A. & Sciarone-Lauw B.E.: Food as medicine
• Omura Yoshiaki: Comparison of effects of press-needle acupuncture, moxibustion, qigong energy stored paper or solar energy stored paper on True ST-36 (Omura's ST-36) & Traditional ST-36 on the amount of normal cell telomere & the anti-cancer, anti-aging & anti-Alzheimer's effects of these treatments

 
NOVEL TECHNIQUES IN ACUPUNCTURE
ROOM 8: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Cakmak Yusuf O.
• Co-chair: Haesendonck Sonja
• Kjerkegaard Hans:   Gold-implantation
• Schockert Thomas:   New floatable acupuncture needle for the treatment of pain and stroke patients in aqua aerobics with Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA)
• Weber Michael: Interstitial laserneedle acupuncture – a new option for difficult pain syndromes

11.00 - 11.30 BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS

CONSENSUS PLENARY DISCUSSION 3
ROOM A: 11.30 – 12.30
Moderator: Fossion Jean Pierre
Summary by the four chairmen of the four parallel sessions followed by plenary discussion
Theodoratou Konstantina, Sant’Ana Antonio, Chan Chin, Cakmak Yusuf
 
12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH – VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS

12.30 – 14.00 ICMART EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
                         Private Part of Restaurant Purple

THREATS FOR ACUPUNCTURE
answers to perceived threats
 
KEYNOTE LECTURE 4 
ROOM A: 14.00 – 14.30

• Chair: Pinto-Ferreira Helena
• Co-chair: Nickels Eric & Machtelinckx Vera
• Fossion Jean Pierre: Threats for acupuncture, answers to perceived threats

 
ADVERSE EFFECTS IN ACUPUNCTURE
ROOM A: 14.45 – 16.00

• Chair: Pinto-Ferreira Helena
• Co-chair: Nickels Eric & Machtelinckx Vera
• Fossion Jean Pierre: Depressive states: is it possible to predict side-effects of anti-depressants with a clinical Chinese synopsis in somatic acupuncture? and which adverse effects might we expect in auriculotherapy for major depression?
• Nepp Johannes: Danger by acupuncture in ophthalmologic diseases
• Raith Wolfgang: Thermographic measurement of the skin temperature in the application of laser acupuncture in the neonate
• Pollmann Antonius: Misunderstandings and errors of traditional acupuncture

OLD, AGED PHILOSOPHY: OBEDIENCE OR SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE?
ROOM 5: 14.45 – 16.00

• Chair: Frank Bryan
• Co-chair: Dantas Flavio
• Ahn Chang-beohm: A study of the Sa-Ahm (Korean) Five Element Acupuncture: theory and clinic
• Garcia i Janeras Albert: Types of acupuncture, an attend of classification
• Maric Sonja: The Mind-Body Concept of Tibetan Medicine using the example of the theory of constitution

 
SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES INTO OTHER DISCIPLINES
ROOM 7: 14.45 – 16.00

• Chair: Sautreuil Patrick
• Co-chair: Kok Tjebbe
• Biemans Johanna:   Facts for the future: PTNS (Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation) and its introduction in conventional medicine
• Traum Danniel J.:   Laser acupuncture treatment relieving or controlling gynaecological problems
• Sujidi Yufandi:   Effect of Laseracupuncture for autism spectrum disorder in children

ANATOMICAL LOCALISATION

ROOM 8: 14.45 – 16.00

• Chair: Wander Rainer
• Co-chair: Omura Yoshiaki
• Bäumler Petra: Acupuncture point localization varies clearly between acupuncturists
• Koosnadi Saputra: Acupuncture-Physiology-Anatomy correlation
• Tan King Siong: Knowledge of anatomy is a big plus.
• Omura Yoshiaki: Mapping of the outline of normal internal organs & cancer tissue as well as exact localization of acupuncture points, their shape, diameter, & depth using Bi-Digital O-Ring Test EMF Resonance Phenomenon between 2 identical molecules or tissues.

 
16.00 – 16.30 BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS

CONSENSUS PLENARY DISCUSSION 4
ROOM A: 16.30 – 17.15
Moderator:  Fossion Jean Pierre
Summary by the four chairmen of the four parallel sessions followed by plenary discussion
Pinto-Ferreira Helena, Einhorn Rubin, Sautreuil Patrick, Wander Rainer
 
WORKSHOPS

FRACTAL ANALYSIS OF EEG
ROOM A: 17.30 – 18.30

• Chair: Fossion Ruben Y.M.
• Co-chair: Khoe Giauw Sing
• Fossion Ruben Y.M.: Fractal analysis in studies on aging in an animal model: the nematode c.elegans, a fragile but elegant worm
• Sant’Ana Antonio: Identification of different phases of electrical activity by fractal analysis of EEG
• Sant’Ana Antonio: Fractal EEG comparison of gastritis treated by concha cymba and lobular points

 
NEURALTHERAPY
ROOM 5: 17.30 – 18.30

• Chair: Schwanitz Regina
• Co-chair: Piehler Petja
• Ortner Wolfgang: The scientific background of neural therapy
• Wander Rainer: Neural therapy for acupuncture non responders
• Piehler Petja: Neural therapy in the oncology

 
PAIN MANAGEMENT
ROOM 7: 17.30 – 18.30

• Chair: Frank Bryan
• Co-chair:   The Paul
• Fazakis Georgios: Treatment pathways for acute and chronic pain cases in a private acupuncture clinic
• Frank Bryan:   Acupuncture related techniques: beyond acupuncture for pain amelioration and tissue functional restoration
• Sukrisno S.M.: “Bi-Syndrome” cured by Chinese Electroacupuncture

MISCELLANEOUS

ROOM 8: 17.30 – 18.30

• Chair: Ahn Chang-beohm
• Co-chair: Blomme Sjoerd
• Weinschenk Stefan: Specific reduction of number and intensity of Neck Reflex Points as important signs of chronic disturbance fields by neural therapy
• Ahn Chang-beohm:   Practice of Sa-Ahm (Korean) Five Element Acupuncture of classical Qi model based on old philosophy
• Goehler Annett: Stressors, Qi and sexual energy

 
19.00– 22.00 GALA – DINNER AT MADURODAM

SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2011

08.00 – 08.45 QI - GONG WITH AUNG
                          Meeting Point: Hotel Lobby

FUTURE PERSPECTIVE OF ACUPUNCTURE
which paths to take
 
KEYNOTE LECTURES 5 & 6
ROOM A: 09.00 – 09.30

• Chair: Cakmak Yusuf O.
• Co-chairs: Fossion Jean Pierre & Moeken Frederike
• Kopsky David: Future directions of acupuncture in research and practice
• Cakmak Yusuf O.: Overview of future directions for basic research in acupuncture

DIRECTIONS OF FUTURE RESEARCH
ROOM A: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Cakmak Yusuf O.
• Co-Chair: Fossion Jean Pierre & Moeken Frederike
• Cakmak Yusuf O.: Electroacupuncture for Parkinson Disease: a Parkinson model of rat study
• Cakmak Yusuf O.: Decreasing uterine artery blood flow with electroacupuncture in humans
• Sant’Ana Antonio: Migraine treatment follow-up: possibility of predictions with fractal EEG study
• Weinschenk Stefan W.: Influence of Neural Therapy on the autonomic nervous system, measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

 
FUTURE CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
ROOM 5: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Lambrechts Gilbert
• Co-chair: Khoe Giauw Sing
• Baak Jan P. : Patients with clinical/radiological hyperplasia of mammary glands show pathological persistence of temperature of skin points
• Bates Felipe B.: Acupuncture treatment for refractary post-traumatic pain in adults. 29 months follow-up and preliminary local experience in a trauma center
• Theodoratou Konstantina: Is the treatment of general anxiety by acupuncture beneficial for shoulder periartritis and asthma?
• Yoshizumi Alexandre Massao: Agriculture and supply secretary acupuncture ambulatory , 2001-2008, São Paulo, Brazil: a case study

POLITICAL STRATEGIES
ROOM 7: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Weidenhammer Wolfgang
• Co-Chair: Kopsky David
• Maric-Oehler Walburg: ICMART International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques – its role in building up an Integrative Medicine
• Weidenhammer Wolfgang: Current situation of CAM in Europe and development of a roadmap for future CAM research – EU Project CAMbrella
• Ausfeld-Hafter Brigitte: CAM in Switzerland - A story of success

 
ACUPUNCTURE EDUCATION FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
ROOM 8: 09.45 – 11.00

• Chair: Kruithof Karen
• Co-chair: Stoer Wolfram
• Leysen Peter: Will acupuncture be part of evidence based recommendations by 2020?
• Aung Steven K.H.: The Certificate Program in Medical Acupuncture (C.P.M.A.)
• Koosnadi Saputra: Acupuncture: education and training for medical students
• Beyens François: Different ways of teaching acupuncture in the world

 
11.00 – 11.30 BREAK – VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTERS

CONSENSUS PLENARY DISCUSSION 5
ROOM A: 11.30 – 12.15
Moderator: Kopsky David
Summary by the Chairs of four parallel sessions followed by plenary discussion;
Cakmak Yusuf, Weidenhammer Wolfgang, Lambrechts Gilbert, Kruithof Karen
 
TAKE HOME MESSAGE 
ROOM A: 12.15 – 12.30
Kopsky David (The Netherlands): The direction of acupuncture in the coming 10 years
 
CLOSING CEREMONY
ROOM A: 12.30 – 13.00
Master of Ceremony: Beyens François                        
 
3D Scientific Awards

• Baudis Stephan
• Chan Chin
• Fossion Jean Pierre          

 
Announcement ICMART World Congress Athens 2012

• Theodoratou Konstantina

 
Concluding Remarks

• Oei-Tan Chun Lee
• Maric-Oehler Walburg

 
13.00 – 14.00  LUNCH

POSTERS

• Pohodenko-Chudakova I.O.:  Dynamics of morphological changes of an injured inferior alveolar nerve during phonoacupuncture treatment, an experimental case
• Pohodenko-Chudakova I.O.:  Diadens therapy in the complex treatment of acute purulent odontogenic periostitis
• Pohodenko-Chudakova I.O.:  Advantages of caries prophylaxis with acupuncture by data of the salivation rates
• Pohodenko-Chudakova I.O.:  Results of the complex treatment of odontogenic abscesses of the maxillofacial area with acupuncture
• Pohodenko-Chudakova I.O.:  Acupuncture for prophylaxis of inflammatory complications when peripheral branches of the trigeminal nerves were injured toxically. experimental case
• Fazakis Georgios:  Treatment pathways for acute and chronic pain cases in a private acupuncture clinic
• Cui Shu Li:   Acupuncture treatment in idiopathic subfertile men
• Lee Chiu Shan:   Effects of Auricular Acupressure on the Degree of Anxiety and Heart Rate Variability of Primiparous Women in Labor
• Tanaka Tim H.:  Tongue Examination of Sublingual Veins: Intrasubject Variability in Four Diagnostic Parameters
• Sponzilli Osvaldo:  Strengthening motor and psychological abilities in archers throughout the application of various techniques of Auriculotherapy: a pilot study
• Fazakis Georgios:  Treating hay fever and other acute and chronic diseases by emission of homeopathic frequencies using the Vantage Biomeridian device
• Pollmann Antonius:  Misunderstandings and Errors of Traditional Acupuncture
• Schockert Thomas:  New floatable acupuncture needle for the treatment of pain and stroke patients in aqua aerobics with Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA)
• Chernish Greg:   Irritable Bowel Case
• Liem Andrew:  Effect of Chinese ear acupuncture on non-responders to Western pain relief techniques
• Keppel Hesselink Jan :  Discovering synergies with acupuncture and other therapies