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Color therapy changes blood oxygenation in the brain and muscle
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Abstracts / European Journal of Integrative Medicine 1 (2009) 181–221
Arbeitsgruppen wurden die Impulse weiterbearbeitet. Die Arbeitsgruppen von 6–18 Personen bildeten den Kern der Tagung und erbrachten die Ergebnisse. Ergebnisse: In drei parallelen Arbeitsgruppen ging es um Kriterien fu¨r die Aufnahme von komplementa¨rmedizinischen Verfahren in den akademischen Unterricht. Von diesen wurden u.a. mittels Ratingskala Akupunktur, Ausleitungsverfahren, Dia¨tetik, Homo¨opathie, Neuraltherapie, Ordnungstherapie und Phytotherapie mit jeweils u¨ber 50 von 80 mo¨glichen Punkten als wichtig fu¨r das Unterrichts-Curriculum bewertet. In zwei parallele Arbeitsgruppen Didaktik des ’’ Lernens konnten Unterrichtsprobleme von den Dozenten angesprochen werden. Es wurden mehr Lo¨sungsvorschla¨ge unterbreitet bzw. lo¨sungsorientierte Fragen gestellt und, als dass Probleme geklagt wurden. Die Arbeitsgruppe Faculty develpomen-Wege in die ’’ Fakulta¨ten machte eine Reihe von Vorschla¨gen zur Etablierung von NHV/CAM an den medizinischen Fakulta¨ten. Dabei wurde die wissenschaftliche Forschung als ein Kernstu¨ck akademischer Pra¨senz von NHV/CAM herausgestellt. Diskussion: Die Veranstalter und Initiatoren sahen etliche Kongress-Ziele realisiert. Die Fu¨lle der Ergebnisse, Ideen, Arbeitsimpulse und kritischen Randbemerkungen wird im Vortrag auf dem ECIM komprimiert vorgestellt werden. Sie auszufu¨hren bleibt einem Kongressband vorbehalten, der gerade erarbeitet wird. 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.08.101
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during recovery. Each subject was measured twice, once exposed to red, once to blue in a randomized crossover protocol. A Hamamatsu NIRO 300 NIRS instrument was used to non-invasively measure total hemoglobin concentration (tHb in mM) and tissue oxygen saturation (StO2 in %). By a paired t-test the last 5 min of prebaseline were compared to the first and last 5 min of the color exposure, and three periods of 5 min of recovery. Blue and red exposures were compared by a paired Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: In the leg, the tHb concentration increased significantly and continuously during and after exposure by up to (mean7SEM) 1.0870.19 mM (p ¼ 0.0002) for blue and 1.5270.33 mM (p ¼ 0.0013) for red. Although StO2 did not change significantly compared to baseline, after exposure to blue StO2 was significantly (p ¼ 0.0371) higher than during red exposure. In the head tHb did not change significantly, while StO2 increased significantly during blue exposure by 0.5170.21% (p ¼ 0.0367), with a maximum shortly after exposure 0.9870.40% (p ¼ 0.0324). During red exposure StO2 changed little and not significantly. The increase in StO2 during exposure to blue was significantly different (p ¼ 0.0488) from red. The findings for the muscle can be interpreted as an increase in blood volume and a decrease in oxygen consumption for blue compared to red exposure. For the head blue specifically increases oxygenation without increasing blood flow. Conclusion: The results show that CT has effects on important physiological parameters and that these effects depend on the color that the subject is exposed to. 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.08.110
OP-037 Color therapy changes blood oxygenation in the brain and muscle
OP-038
J. Weinzirla, M. Wolfb, P. Heussera, U. Wolfa
The benefit of ayurvedic diagnostics in treatment strategies for rheumatoid arthritis
a
University of Bern, Institute for Complementary Medicine KIKOM, Bern, Switzerland b University Hospital Zurich, Clinic of Neonatology, Zurich, Switzerland
G. Ulrich-Merzenicha, H. Zeitlerb, A. Hausenb, Y.G. Yoshic, A. Desaic, H. Vettera, K. Kraftd a
Introduction: In anthroposophic medicine art therapies such as color therapy (CT) are applied for various medical conditions. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate possible effects of CT hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation in the brain and skeletal leg muscle measured by near infrared spectrophotometry (NIRS). Materials and methods: Ten subjects (5 male, 5 female, age mean 27 range 23–44 years) were measured during CT. The measurement included 8 min without color exposure (baseline), 10 min color exposure to intensive red or blue light followed by 16 min without exposure
Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Medical Policlinic, Bonn, Germany b Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, Bonn, Germany c Sane Guruji Hospital and Tarachand Hosptial, Pune, India d University of Rostock, Chair of Complementary Medicine, Rostock, Germany
Question: Ayurveda gains greater attention worldwide, but investigations of ayurvedic treatments with participation of ayurvedic physicians are scarce in international
Abstracts / European Journal of Integrative Medicine 1 (2009) 181–221
Arbeitsgruppen wurden die Impulse weiterbearbeitet. Die Arbeitsgruppen von 6–18 Personen bildeten den Kern der Tagung und erbrachten die Ergebnisse. Ergebnisse: In drei parallelen Arbeitsgruppen ging es um Kriterien fu¨r die Aufnahme von komplementa¨rmedizinischen Verfahren in den akademischen Unterricht. Von diesen wurden u.a. mittels Ratingskala Akupunktur, Ausleitungsverfahren, Dia¨tetik, Homo¨opathie, Neuraltherapie, Ordnungstherapie und Phytotherapie mit jeweils u¨ber 50 von 80 mo¨glichen Punkten als wichtig fu¨r das Unterrichts-Curriculum bewertet. In zwei parallele Arbeitsgruppen Didaktik des ’’ Lernens konnten Unterrichtsprobleme von den Dozenten angesprochen werden. Es wurden mehr Lo¨sungsvorschla¨ge unterbreitet bzw. lo¨sungsorientierte Fragen gestellt und, als dass Probleme geklagt wurden. Die Arbeitsgruppe Faculty develpomen-Wege in die ’’ Fakulta¨ten machte eine Reihe von Vorschla¨gen zur Etablierung von NHV/CAM an den medizinischen Fakulta¨ten. Dabei wurde die wissenschaftliche Forschung als ein Kernstu¨ck akademischer Pra¨senz von NHV/CAM herausgestellt. Diskussion: Die Veranstalter und Initiatoren sahen etliche Kongress-Ziele realisiert. Die Fu¨lle der Ergebnisse, Ideen, Arbeitsimpulse und kritischen Randbemerkungen wird im Vortrag auf dem ECIM komprimiert vorgestellt werden. Sie auszufu¨hren bleibt einem Kongressband vorbehalten, der gerade erarbeitet wird. 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.08.101
General Topics
during recovery. Each subject was measured twice, once exposed to red, once to blue in a randomized crossover protocol. A Hamamatsu NIRO 300 NIRS instrument was used to non-invasively measure total hemoglobin concentration (tHb in mM) and tissue oxygen saturation (StO2 in %). By a paired t-test the last 5 min of prebaseline were compared to the first and last 5 min of the color exposure, and three periods of 5 min of recovery. Blue and red exposures were compared by a paired Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: In the leg, the tHb concentration increased significantly and continuously during and after exposure by up to (mean7SEM) 1.0870.19 mM (p ¼ 0.0002) for blue and 1.5270.33 mM (p ¼ 0.0013) for red. Although StO2 did not change significantly compared to baseline, after exposure to blue StO2 was significantly (p ¼ 0.0371) higher than during red exposure. In the head tHb did not change significantly, while StO2 increased significantly during blue exposure by 0.5170.21% (p ¼ 0.0367), with a maximum shortly after exposure 0.9870.40% (p ¼ 0.0324). During red exposure StO2 changed little and not significantly. The increase in StO2 during exposure to blue was significantly different (p ¼ 0.0488) from red. The findings for the muscle can be interpreted as an increase in blood volume and a decrease in oxygen consumption for blue compared to red exposure. For the head blue specifically increases oxygenation without increasing blood flow. Conclusion: The results show that CT has effects on important physiological parameters and that these effects depend on the color that the subject is exposed to. 10.1016/j.eujim.2009.08.110
OP-037 Color therapy changes blood oxygenation in the brain and muscle
OP-038
J. Weinzirla, M. Wolfb, P. Heussera, U. Wolfa
The benefit of ayurvedic diagnostics in treatment strategies for rheumatoid arthritis
a
University of Bern, Institute for Complementary Medicine KIKOM, Bern, Switzerland b University Hospital Zurich, Clinic of Neonatology, Zurich, Switzerland
G. Ulrich-Merzenicha, H. Zeitlerb, A. Hausenb, Y.G. Yoshic, A. Desaic, H. Vettera, K. Kraftd a
Introduction: In anthroposophic medicine art therapies such as color therapy (CT) are applied for various medical conditions. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate possible effects of CT hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation in the brain and skeletal leg muscle measured by near infrared spectrophotometry (NIRS). Materials and methods: Ten subjects (5 male, 5 female, age mean 27 range 23–44 years) were measured during CT. The measurement included 8 min without color exposure (baseline), 10 min color exposure to intensive red or blue light followed by 16 min without exposure
Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Medical Policlinic, Bonn, Germany b Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, Bonn, Germany c Sane Guruji Hospital and Tarachand Hosptial, Pune, India d University of Rostock, Chair of Complementary Medicine, Rostock, Germany
Question: Ayurveda gains greater attention worldwide, but investigations of ayurvedic treatments with participation of ayurvedic physicians are scarce in international