Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, cilt.42, sa.163, ss.293-294, 2017 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE OF BI-DIGITAL
O-RING TEST IN ACUPUNCTURE APPLICATIONS
Kemal Nuri
Ozerkan, M.D., F.I.C.A.E.
Professor, Chairman of Sports
and Health Sciences Department,
Istanbul University, Faculty
of Sport Sciences
(Correspondence: Kemal N.
Özerkan,M.D., Istanbul University, Faculty of Sport Sciences Department of
Sport and Health Sciences, Avcılar 34850, Istanbul-Turkey;
E-mail:
kemalnuri@istanbul.edu.tr)
ABSTRACT
Introduction:The
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Method was originally discovered by Yoshiaki Omura,
M.D., in 1977 as a non-invasive diagnostic tool. Many experiments have shown that the basic mechanism
of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test. Dr. Yoshiaki Omura
thoroughly investigated the effects of acupuncture on microcirculation,
cerebral circulation, and the neuromuscular system. Dr.Omura examined many
patients with confirmed diagnoses to determine accurate organ representation
points.
Results: Dr.Ozerkan measured the grip
strength of ten right-handed basketball players by both a dynamometer and by
using the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test, in order to show the effects of watching two
different psychological states such as smiling and crying on their grip
strength, by subjecting them to the drawings of a smiling and a crying face. He
found that the players’ grip strength, which was measured by using both a
dynamometer and the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test, was higher after looking at the
smiling face than it was after looking at the crying face drawing. This
increase in grip strength as measured by a manual dynamometer was statistically
significant. Similarly, the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test findings were also
statistically significant
Dr.Ozerkan, in other research
has measured skin resistance of acupoint Yintang after the players had looked at the drawing of a “smiling face” by using an ohmmeter (UNI-K multitester) and the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test
successively. While the “smiling
face” drawing was shown to the players, the values obtained by using the
ohmmeter increased and the
values obtained by using BDORT
decreased. Results of measurement of both method were similar and meaningful.This
results also support the validity of the
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test data.
Ozerkan et
all. measured electrical properties of acupuncture point,Yintang by using Bi-Digital
O-Ring Test and LCR-meter
on the twenty right-handed young soccer
players, after the players looked at the drawing of a “crying face” for 10 seconds from a
distance of 40 cm at the eye level. Immediately afterwards, they were shown the
drawing of a “smiling face”. Electrical resistance of acupuncture
point,Yintang for each player was measured while the players looked at the
drawing of a “crying face” from a distance of 40 cm at eye
level in various frequencies (20Hz,200Hz, 2KHz, 20KHz) for 10 seconds.Then proceeded to
measure the same variables on the acupuncture point,Yintang using the “indirect Bi-Digital O-Ring Test. while looking at “crying face”drawings, the values obtained by using
LCR-meter increase and the values of BDORT’s measurement decrease or vice versa. This study was performed in order to compare the validity of the
findings obtained by using both BDORT
and LCR-meter. This results also support
the validity of the Bi-Digital
O-Ring Test data.
Conclusion: Research carried out by
comparison both routin measurement method and BDORT shows the same result. Results also support
the validity of the Bi-Digital
O-Ring Test data. Further research carried out in this area will certainly depict a more
reliable statistical result.
Key Words:, Bi-Digital O-Ring Test, Acupuncture
pointYintang, Ohmmeter, Dynamometer, LCR-Meter,electrical resistance.
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