Diseases of the Locomotor System
4 Diseases of the Locomotor System (K. Liebchen, H.-U. Hecker) Introduction The treatment of disorders of the locomotor system represents one domain of auricular acupuncture. In the case of acute disturbances,…
New Point-Based Pain and Organ Therapy (NPPOT)
11 New Point-Based Pain and Organ Therapy (NPPOT) (H. Garten) Introduction New Point-Based Pain and Organ Therapy (NPPOT) is a type of neural therapy or acupuncture described by Siener. It has continued…
Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture
6 Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) M. Bijak, D. Stockenhuber, H. Nissel Presentation of the Method Around 1970, the Japanese physician Dr. Toshikatsu Yamamoto discovered a previously unknown somatope in the region…
Laser Therapy
12 Laser Therapy (M. Wiesner-Zechmeister) Use of Low-Level Laser in Fractal Microsystems One of the greatest innovations of recent decades in acupuncture has been the use of laser. The acupuncture…
Chinese Hand Acupuncture
10 Chinese Hand Acupunctur (H.-U. Hecker, A. Steveling, E.T. Peuker) Introduction Chinese hand acupuncture is a rarely used form of acupuncture that is often employed in combination with other acupuncture…
Chinese Scalp Acupuncture
7 Chinese Scalp Acupuncture (H.-U. Hecker, A. Steveling, E.T. Peuker) Introduction Chinese scalp acupuncture is not an actual somatope. The Chinese have rather described certain reflex zones on the scalp…
Exercise and the Female Skeleton
Fig. 4.1 The functional model of bone development based on the mechanostat theory [20] and related approaches [19]. The feedback loop between bone deformation (tissue strain) and bone strength is…
Strategies to Promote Bone Health in Female Athletes
Fig. 10.1 Female sport participation increased from 7 % in 1972 to 41 % in 2009 as a result of Title IX However, many athletes remained undiagnosed according to the…
Neuroendocrine Abnormalities in Female Athletes
Fig. 6.1 Hormonal and other changes in patients with hypothalamic amenorrhea. In patients with hypothalamic amenorrhea, there are alterations of hormones and other factors that affect the secretion of gonadotropin-releasing…
Sports Nutrition
Direct estimates of energy requirements, such as indirect calorimetry, require the use of costly equipment and other methods of calculating energy requirements require knowledge of an athlete’s lean body mass…
