Di seguito alcuni articoli d'aggiornamento scientifico in agopuntura, posturologia, ozonoterapia e laserterapia con relativi link per accedere ai testi integrali. Se hai difficoltà richiedi il full text a: istaneri@unipd.it AGOPUNTURA White P, Lewith G, Prescott P, Conway J. Acupuncture versus placebo for the treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Dec 21;141(12):911-9. Berman BM, Lao L, Langenberg P, Lee WL, Gilpin AM, Hochberg MC. Effectiveness of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Dec 21;141(12):901-10. Newberg AB, Lariccia PJ, Lee BY, Farrar JT, Lee L, Alavi A. Cerebral blood flow effects of pain and acupuncture: a preliminary single-photon emission computed tomography imaging study. J Neuroimaging. 2005 Jan;15(1):43-9. Lee H, Ernst E. Acupuncture for labor pain management: A systematic review. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Nov;191(5):1573-9. Review. Alexander DN, Cen S, Sullivan KJ, Bhavnani G, Ma X, Azen SP. Effects of acupuncture treatment on poststroke motor recovery and physical function: a pilot study. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2004 Dec;18(4):259-67. POSTUROLOGIA Brumagne S, Cordo P, Verschueren S. Proprioceptive weighting changes in persons with low back pain and elderly persons during upright standing. Neurosci Lett. 2004 Aug 5;366(1):63-6. Isotalo E, Kapoula Z, Feret PH, Gauchon K, Zamfirescu F, Gagey PM. Monocular versus binocular vision in postural control. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2004 Mar;31(1):11-7 Tilikete C, Rode G, Rossetti Y, Pichon J, Li L, Boisson D. Related Articles, Links Prism adaptation to rightward optical deviation improves postural imbalance in left-hemiparetic patients. Curr Biol. 2001 Apr 3;11(7):524-8. Kibana Y, Ishijima T, Hirai T. Occlusal support and head posture. J Oral Rehabil. 2002 Jan;29(1):58-63. Kitabayashi T, Demura S, Noda M, Yamada T. Gender differences in body-sway factors of center of foot pressure in a static upright posture and under the influence of alcohol intake. J Physiol Anthropol Appl Human Sci. 2004 Jul;23(4):111-8. OZONOTERAPIA Chang JD, Lu HS, Chang YF, Wang D. Ameliorative effect of ozone on cytokine production in mice injected with human rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblast cells. Rheumatol Int. 2004 Nov 27; Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by invasion of hyperplastic synovial cells and progressive joint destruction. Ozone therapy has been proposed as an immunomodulator and cellular metabolic activator which shows long-term anti-inflammatory effects and serves to reduce further the proinflammatory factors. We purified RA synovial fibroblast cells (RA-SFc) from patients and avoided contaminating macrophages by flow cytometry, then treated them with ozone. Following the observable decreased production of proinflammatory factors TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 from RA-SFc, we infused the cultured RA-SFc into joints of severe combined immunodeficiency mice. The mRNA and protein levels of the RA-SFc exposed to 3% and 5% ozone were the same. As a result, 3% and 5% ozone applied externally ameliorated the inflammatory reaction of RA without toxicity or serious side effects. Therefore, ozone injected into the knees of RA patients could become a valuable treatment, and we confirm the interactive mechanism between ozone and RA-SFc Per richiedere l'articolo scrivere all'Autore: Johnson Changmd Bernardino Clavo, Luis Catalá, Juan L. Pérez, Victor Rodríguez, and Francisco Robaina Ozone Therapy on Cerebral Blood Flow: A Preliminary Report eCAM Advance Access published on October 6, 2004 Bernardino Clavo, Ana Ruiz, Marta Lloret, Laura López, Gerardo Suárez, David Macías, Victor Rodríguez, Maria A. Hernández, Roberto Martín-Oliva, Santiago Quintero, José M Cuyás, and Francisco Robaina Adjuvant Ozonetherapy in Advanced Head and Neck Tumors: A Comparative Study eCAM Advance Access published on October 6, 2004 LASERTERAPIA Giuliani A, Fernandez M, Farinelli M, Baratto L, Capra R, Rovetta G, Monteforte P, Giardino L, Calza L. Very low level laser therapy attenuates edema and pain in experimental models. Int J Tissue React. 2004;26(1-2):29-37. Abstract In this study, we tested a new square wave microprocessor-controlled red laser with an extremely low peak power output (<3 mW; very low level laser therapy [vLLLT]) in experimental pain in the rat. Acute inflammation was induced by intraplantar injection of carrageenan, chronic inflammation was induced by complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and neuropathic pain was produced by sciatic nerve chronic constriction injury (CCI). In our study vLLLT was effective in reducing edema and hyperalgesia in acute and chronic inflammation if administered at the points usually selected for acupuncture. Moreover, spontaneous pain and thermal hyperalgesia were reduced in CCI rats treated with vLLLT In conclusion, vLLLT reduced edema and induced analgesia in experimental plantar pain in rats. We interpret this to mean that enkephalin mRNA level was strongly upregulated in the external layers of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord in CFA and CCI animals, and that vLLLT further increased the mRNA level in single neurons. Hopkins JT, McLoda TA, Seegmiller JG, David Baxter G. Low-Level Laser Therapy Facilitates Superficial Wound Healing in Humans: A Triple-Blind, Sham-Controlled Study. J Athl Train. 2004 Sep;39(3):223-229. Woodruff LD, Bounkeo JM, Brannon WM, Dawes KS, Barham CD, Waddell DL, Enwemeka CS. The efficacy of laser therapy in wound repair: a meta-analysis of the literature. Photomed Laser Surg. 2004 Jun;22(3):241-7. Tascioglu F, Armagan O, Tabak Y, Corapci I, Oner C. Low power laser treatment in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2004 May 1;134(17-18):254-8. Raccomandazioni S.T.R.I.C.T.A. per la ricerca in agopuntura. Una raccolta bibliografica clinica che va dagli anni 70 al '97. Sono alcune miglaia di titoli, se a qualcuno serve fare una tesi bibliografica o informarsi su un topic particolare, la raccolta è da consultare. cliccare al seguente indirizzo http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/acupuncture.html Un discreto articolo su agopuntura, viagra ed impotenza sessuale maschile. Buona la descrizione di alcuni punti importanti del meridiano di Vaso Governatore, di Vaso Concezione e di altri meridiani coinvolti nella problematica. cliccare al seguente indirizzo: http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/ journal/vol13_1/article5.html