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ACUPUNCTURE & ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS
RESEARCH
The International Journal
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief & Founder
Yoshaiki Omura, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.A.,
F.I.C.A.E., F.A.A.I.M., F.R.S.M., D.A.B.F., A.B.F.M.
Mailing address: 800 Riverside Drive, New York,
NY 10032, USA
Phone (212) 781-6262, Fax (212) 923-2279
President, International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics; Director of Medical Research, Heart Disease Foundation; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Community & Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College; Professor, Dept. of Non-Orthodox Medicine, Ukrainian National Medical University; Executive Board Member & Chairman of the Eastern Medicine Advisory Board of the American Association of Integrative Medicine (A.A.I.M.); Former Visiting Research Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, New York, NY, USA; Former Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL, USA; Former Visiting Professor, Dept. of Psycho-physiology, University of Paris, Paris, France
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES: Filip Jagodzinski, B.S., Joshua Atkins, B.A., Claire Urich-Check, B.S.,
Andersson, Sven, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. of Neurophysiology, Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Goteborg, Gotborg,
Sweden
Araujo, M. Sanchez, M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Pres., Latin Ameri-can Societies (FLASMA), & Integral Health &
Therapeutics Research Inst. (INSIT), Caracas, Venezuela
Atsumi, Kazuhiko, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
former Dir.and Prof. Institute of Medical Electronics, Univ. of Tokyo,
Hongo Bankyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Becker, Robert O., M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Consultant
Biomed.Science, former Prof. Orthopedic Surgery, Upstate Med. Ctr., Starroute,
Lowville, NY, USA
Beyens, Francais, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Ex-President,
Belgian Assoc. of Med. Acupuncturists, Bruxelles, Belgium
Bischko, Johannes, M.D., F.I.C.A.E, Ludwig
Boltzmann, Inst. for Acupuncture C/O Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Spital Huglgasse
1-3, A-1 150, Wein, Austria
Borrmann, Robert, Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof./former
Chairman, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, Bronx, NY,
USA
Bossy, Jean, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. of Anatomy, College of Med. of Montpellier at Nimes and Reflexotherapy
Consultant at the Centre Hopitalier Regional et Univ., Nimes, France
Cao, Xiao-Ding, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof./Chairwoman,
Dept. of Acupuncture Analgesia and former Dean of Basic Med. Science, Shanghai
Med. Univ. Shanghai, PRC
Ceccherelli, Francesco, M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Research Professor, Institute of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and Regulatory
Center on Complementary Medicine, University of Padova, Via C. Battisti,
267-35121 Padova, Italy
Chang, Hsiang-Tung, Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof./Director, Shanghai Brain Research Institute Academia Sinica 319,
Yo-Yang Road, Shanghai, PRC
Chen, Gong-Bai, M.D., Sc.D., F.I.C.A.E,
former Prof. of Neurosurgery and Ex-President of Inst. of Neurology and
of Hua Shan Hospital, Shanghai Med. Univ., PRC
Chen, Yemeng, C.M.D., L.A.C., F.I.C.A.E.,
Academic Dean, New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mineola,
NY, USA
Chun, Sae-il, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof &
Director, Rehabilitation Hospital, Yonsei University, College of Medicine,
Seoul, Korea
Cohen, Marc, M.B.B.S. (Hons.), Ph.D.,
BmedSc (Hons.), F.A.M.A.S., DipAC, F.I.C.A.E., Head of Dept. of Complementary
Medicine, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Crul, Jan, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof./Chairman,
Dept. of Anesthesiology, Radabout Zickehuls Katholic Univ., Nijmegen, The
Netherlands
Cyong, J., M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E., Chairman
of Lab. Immunopharmacology, Oriental Med. Res. Ctr. of the Kitasato Inst.,
Tokyo, Japan
de Smul, Andre, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof.,
Dept. of Surgery, Pain Clinic, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Univ., Brussels,
Belgium
Doenicke, Alfred, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof./Director
of the Institute for Anesthesiology, Polyclinic, Munich Univ., Munich,
Germany
Farber, Paulo L., M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Director/Coordinator,
Acupuncture Research Dept., Div. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Univ. of
Sao Paulo Med. School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Floter, Thomas, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., President,
Schmerz Therapeutisches Kolloquium Pain Treatment Ctr., Frankfurt Main,
Germany
Genazzani, Andrea R., M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Pres., Intl. Soc. of Gynecological Endocrinology, E.I.C. Gynecological
Endocrinology, Prof. Inst. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Univ. of Modena,
Modena, Italy
Giron, Giampiero, P., M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. and Director, Instituto Di Anesthesiologia E Rianimazione, and Regulatory
Center on Complementary Medicine, University of Padova, Via C. Battisti,
267-35121 Padova, Italy
Gleditsch, Jochen, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., former
Pres., German Physicians Acupuncture Assoc., Munchen 2, Germany
Greenfield, William, D.D.S., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof./Assoc. Dean for Hospital and Extramural Affairs, New York Univ. Dental
Ctr., New York, NY, USA
Gunn, C. Chan, M.A., A.B., M.C., Chir.,
F.I.C.A.E., Prof., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA & Gunn
Pain Clinic, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hayhoe, Simon, B.S., M.B., M.R.C.S., I.C.R.P.,
F.I.C.A.E., Ex-Chairman & Treasurer, ICMA, British Med. Acupuncture
Society, Dept. of Anesthetics, Essex County Hosp., Colchester, UK
Hisamitsu, Tadashi, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof./Chairman, Dept. of Physiology, School of Med., Showa Univ., Shinagawa-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Hui, S. C., M.D., F.I.C.A.E., former Pres.,
Western Australian Med. Acupuncture Society, Nedlands, Western Australia
Iliev, Emil, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Chairman,
Bulgarian Society of Traditional Chinese Med., Sofia, Bulgaria
Jojima, Takashi, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., former
Pres., Brazilian Med. Acupuncture Assoc., Ave. Paes de Rarros, Sao Paulo,
Brazil
Junnila, Seppo, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Pres.,
Finnish Med. Acupuncture Soc. and Mgr. of Salo District Health Care Center,
Salo, Finland
Kaada, Birger, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. of Neurophysiology, Lab. of Clinical Neurophysiology, Rogaland Central
Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Kim, Ki Ho, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., F.A.A.P.M.R.,
Director, Kim Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Livingston, NJ, USA
Klaus, Wolfgang, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. and Chairman, Dept. of Pharmacology, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Lee, Matthew, M.D., M.P.H., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof./Dir. of Rehabilitation Med., Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York
Univ. Med. Center, and Pres., American Academy of Acupuncture, New York,
NY, USA
Lisenyuk, Victor, M.D., Sc.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof./Chairman, Dept. of Non-Orthodox Med., Ukrainian National Med. Univ.,
Kiev, Ukraine
Lu, Dominic P., D.D.S., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof of Oral Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Director of Medical and Dental
Externship Education and Chief of Special Care Dentistry, Lehigh Valley
Hospital
Lundberg, Thomas, NI.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Physiology II, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden
Mamtani, Ravi, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof.
of Clinical Preventive Med., Dir. of Med. Acupuncture Program, New York
Med. College, Valhalla, NY, USA
Marcus, Paul, M.D., former Chairman, British
Med. Acupuncture Soc., Admin., Newton House, Warrington, Cheshire, England
Maric-Oehler, Walburg, M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Pres. German Med. Acupuncture Assoc., Bad Homburg, Germany
Mayroher, Otto, M.D., Dr. N.C. Mult.,
F.I.C.A.E., Prof. and Chairman, Inst. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Vienna,
Austria
Melzack, Ronald, Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof.
of Psychology, McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada
Muteki, Gousuke, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. Emeritus & Former Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Dir.
of Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Kurume Univ., Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Nappi, Giuseppe, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., E.I.C.,
Functiona Neurology, Prof. & Dir., 1st. Neurologic Ctr. Mondino, Univ.
of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Negro, Francesco E., M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Pres., 4th World Congress of Scientific Acupuncture of ICMART 90, Pres.
of the Italian Acupuncture Soc., Rome, Italy
Needham, Joseph, F.R.S., F.A.B., F.I.C.A.E.,
Sometime Master of Gonville and Caius College and Dir., East Asian History
of Sci. Library, Cambridge Univ., UK
NG, Lorenz, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., former Chairman
of Intra-Mural Res. Lab., Natl. Inst. on Drug Abuse, Rockville, MD, USA
Niboyet, J., M.D., Sc.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
President of Mediterranean Acupuncture Assoc., Marseilles, France
Nissel, H., M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Pres., Austrian
Soc. of Acupuncture & Auricular Medicine, Ludwig Boltzmann Acupuncture
Inst., Vienna, Austria
Nogier, Paul., M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Pres.
Groupe Lyonnais d'Etudes Medicales, E.I.C., Auriculo-Medecine, Lyon, France
Nordenstrom, Bjorn E. W., M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
former Chairman, Nobel Committee, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Prof. Emeritus
of Diagnostic Radiology, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden
Orkin, Louis, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., former
Prof./former Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College
of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Otsuka, Yasuo, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Dir. Oriental Med., Inst. Kampo Med., Dept., Kitasato Univ., 5-9-1 Shirokane,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Peng, Alfred, M.D,, F.I.C.A.E., former
Pres. NY Society of Acupuncture for Physicians & Dentists, St Luke's
Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Pontinen, P. J., M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Pres.
Nordic Med. Acupuncture Soc. and Assoc. Prof. of Anesthesiology, Univ.
of Kuopio, Finland
Procacci, Paolo, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof.
Univ. degli Studi di Firenze, Cattedra de Terapia Medica Sistematica, Viale
G.B. Firenze, Italy
Rabischong, Pierre, M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof./Chairman of Dept. of Anatomy and Dean of the Faculty of Med., Univ.
of Montpellier, Dir. of Biomechanics, Res. Unit of INSERM at Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
Redfearn, Edward, B.A., M.B.B., Chir.
(Camb) DRCOG, F.I.C.A.E, Ex-Chairman, British Med. Acupuncture Soc., Birmingham,
England
Samosyuk, Ivan A., M.D., Sc.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof., Dept. of Neuropathology & Reflexotherapy, Kiev State Inst. for
Post Graduate Studies of Physicians, Doragozhitskaya St. Kiev, Ukraine
Schnorrenberger, Claus C., M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Past Pres. of German Physicians Acupuncture Assoc., Frieburg, Germany
Shibutani, Kinichi, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. Anesthesiology & Dir. of Pain Clinic, Westchester County Med.
Ctr., New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
Skokijev, Antonije, M.D., Sc.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Pres. of the Yugoslavian Med. Acupuncture Society and Prof. and Dir of
Clinic for Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Military Med. Academy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Soulairac, Andre, M.D., Sc.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. and Chairman, Dept. of Psycho-Physiology, Faculty of Sci., Univ.
of Paris VI, Paris, France
Spiegel, Edward, D.D.S., F.I.C.A.E., Former
Chairman, CME Courses of American Academy of Head, Neck and Facial Pain,
Erie, PA
Studer, Elizabeth, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Pres.
Med. Acupuncture Soc. of Switzerland, Lugond, Switzerland
Takeshige, Chifuyu, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof. Emeritus and former Dean of Physiology Dept., School of Med., Showa
Univ., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tobler, Paul, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Dozent
for General Med., Univ. of Zurich & Univ. of Bern Zurich, Switzerland
Travell, Janet, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Emeritus
Clinical Prof. of Med., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Trachtenberg, Alan I., M.D., M.P.H., Medical
Officer, N.I.H. on Drug Abuse, 6120 Executive Blvd., Suite 450, Rockville,
MD 20892, USA
Tsuchiya, Mitsuharu, M.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
President of the Federation of Portugese Acupuncture & Moxibusion Av.
Colegio Militar, 20 A-r/c. DT-Loja-1500 Lisboa, Portugal
Xuetai, Wang, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Prof./Vice
Dir., Expert Comm. of China, Academy of Traditional Chinese Med., Former
President of China Acupuncture & Moxibustion Society, Bejing, China
Yamamura, Hideo, M.D,. H.D., F.I.C.A.E.,
Prof Emeritus, former Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology; former Dean, School
of Med. Tokyo Univ.; Pres., All Japan Acupuncture Society Tokyo, Japan
Alfred L. Copley, M.D., Dr. Med.h.c. (Heidelberg Univ.) F.I.C.A.E. (deceased)
Beckman, Sandra, M.A. (Speech Pathology), M.A. (Educational Computer
Science), Campus Coordinator for Distance Learning in Communicative Disorders,
Dept. of Human Services, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North
Carolina, USA; Former Adjunct Assistant Prof., Dept. of Communication Disorders
& Sciences, Adelphi University, Manhattan Center
Camp, Virginia, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Wycombe General Hosp., High
Wycombe Bucks, England
Glennie-Smith, Keith, M.B., B.S., F.F.A.R.C.S., F.I.C.A.E.,
Consultant Anesthesist, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Poole General Hosp., Dorset,
England
Grant, Alan, M.B., F.I.C.A.E., c/o Prof. Andre Soulairac, Dept.
of Psychophysiology, Faculty of Science, Univ. of Paris VI, France
Jungck, Dietrich, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Vice-Pres., Schmerz-Theraputisches
Kolloquium, Clinic for Pain Treatement, 2000 Hamburg I, Germany
Merrick, Pipsisewa, M.Sc., Ph.D., Dept. of Biology, Univ. of
North Carolina, NC, USA
Nakajima Hiroaki, M.D., Ph.D., Dir. of Pulmonary Div. &
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Med., School of Med., Showa Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Omura, Alexander K., M.D., Dir., Dept. of Anesthesiology, Benefis
Hosp., 4631 Fox Farm Road, Great Falls, MT, USA
Shimotsuura, Tasuhiro, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Exec. Secretary, Japan
Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Assoc., Dir., Dept. of Med., St. Maria Hospital,
Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Sola, Anders, M.D., F.I.C.A.E., Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Anesthesiology,
School of Med., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA (former Pain Specialist,
U.S. Air Force)