Abstract
The Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT) originally developed by Prof. Omura. Y. of New York is spreading in the different fields of medicine gradually. The main advantage of BDORT is its high efficiency and affordability. The most important aspects of the BDORT application are : 1) localizing abnormal parts of the body; 2) identifying the cause of pathology; 3) evaluating food and drug compatibility; 4) estimating the therapeutic effects of any treatment; 5) detecting acupoints and meridians, organ representation area.
The details how BDORT works are not completely investigated, but many experiments have shown that its basic mechanism includes the muscle force changes through a brain response on the characteristic electro-magnetic signals. The gigantocellular nucleus of reticular formation plays a central role in the realization of BDORT. This nucleus mediates postural and vesticular reflexes, extensor and flexor muscle tone. Stimulation of the gigantocellular effector zone in the medullary reticular formation tends to inhibit somatomotor activity. Stimulation of the gigantocellular effector zone in the pontine reticular formation and in the mesencephalic reticular nuclei facilitates somatomotor activity.
To examine the reactions of the neuromuscular system during BDORT, we conducted an electromyographic investigation of H(Hoffmann)- reflex according to the standard technique. As is commonly-known, H-reflex is very sensitive to any supraspinal influence and can be considered as an important model for the study of central and peripheral neurophysiological mechanisms in humans.
The dynamics of the spinal motoneuron’s excitability was examined during the weakening and strengthening responses of BDORT. Statistically significant difference in the testing H-reflex values was found for those conditions. The weakening response of BDORT was accompanied with the H-reflex decrease. The H-reflex increase correspond to the strengthening response while performing BDORT. The direct method of BDORT showed more dynamics than the indirect one. But the latter gave more stable values of the testing H-reflex.
On the next stage, the relationship between degrees of opening with the testing H-reflex was investigated. We could not find statistically significant difference for degrees of the weakening response (opening). The possible explanation could be in the pronounced individual variations of the testing H-reflex values. On the contrary, the strengthening response of BDORT showed rather clear correspondence for different degrees of not opening with the testing H-reflex.
The dynamics of the spinal motoneurons’ excitability observed in our experiments can be explained by supraspinal influence mostly of the gigantocellular nucleus of reticular formation. Repeated basic experiments using the described approach are important for developing the neurophysiological bases of BDORT.
The Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT) is spreading in the different fields of medicine gradually. The main advantage of BDORT is its high efficiency and affordability. The most important aspects of the BDORT application are 1) localizing abnormal parts of the body; 2) identifying the cause of pathology; 3) evaluating food and drug compatibility; 4) estimating the therapeutic effects of any treatment; 5) detecting acupoints and meridians, organ representation areas.
As reported by Prof. Omura, Y., more than 10 years ago, the gigantocellular nucleus of reticular formation plays a central role in the realization of BDORT. This nucleus mediates postural and vestibular reflexes, extensor and flexer muscle tone. Stimulation of the gigantocellular zone in the medullary reticular formation tends to inhibit somatomotor activity. Stimulation of the gigantocellular
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