BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine

Clinical and basic research on high-tech acupuncture and integrative medicine has been performed all over the world during the last decades, using a broad spectrum of innovative biomedical engineering methods. Acupuncture has been used for medical treatment for thousands of years. Using electroacupuncture, needle or laser needle stimulation and modern biomedical techniques, it was possible for the first time to quantify changes in biological activities caused by acupuncture. This keynote lecture focuses on the latest innovative aspects in the development of high-tech acupuncture. Special emphasis is given to new acupuncture and integrative medicines innovations, e.g. teleacupuncture and laser therapy in experimental and clinical studies. The studies are supported by the Austrian Federal Ministries of Science, Research, and Economy and of Health and by Eurasia Pacific Uninet.