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Omura is the creator of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT) and a number of other [[alternative medicine]] techniques derivative of and dependent upon the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test for their application and evaluation, which are presented in ''Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, The International Journal,'' of which Omura is Founder and Editor-in-Chief, as well as in seminars presented by Omura and his colleagues.<ref>[http://icaet.org International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics, Omura's US site]</ref> |
Omura is the creator of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT) and a number of other [[alternative medicine]] techniques derivative of and dependent upon the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test for their application and evaluation, which are presented in ''Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, The International Journal,'' of which Omura is Founder and Editor-in-Chief, as well as in seminars presented by Omura and his colleagues.<ref>[http://icaet.org International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics, Omura's US site]</ref> |
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Techniques similar to the BDORT were considered by the [[Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal]] of [[New Zealand]] and classed as 'Peak Muscle Resistance Testing' (PMRT) during the case of [[Richard Gorringe]]. The Tribunal stated that "...there is no plausible evidence that PMRT has any scientific validity."<ref name=nz>[http://www.mpdt.org.nz/decisionsorders/decisions/0289dfindings.pdf Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand findings in re Richard Gorringe and the PMRT/Bi-Digital O-Ring Test]</ref> The Tribunial earlier stated that "it would appear from a perusal of those materials that the technique which Dr Gorringe practises is different from that practised by Dr Omura [BDORT]."<ref name=nz>[http://www.mpdt.org.nz/decisionsorders/decisions/0289dfindings.pdf Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand findings in re Richard Gorringe and the PMRT/Bi-Digital O-Ring Test]</ref> |
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* [http://www.bdort.net International Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Association, Official Site] |
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* [http://bdort.net/en/omurast.htm International Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Association Official Biography of Dr Omura] |
* [http://bdort.net/en/omurast.htm International Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Association Official Biography of Dr Omura] |
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* [http://www.mpdt.org.nz Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand Official Site] |
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* [http://www.hpdt.org.nz New Zealand Health Practioners Disciplinary Tribunal Offical Site] |
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* [http://www.mpdt.org.nz/decisionsorders/decisions/0289dfindings.pdf Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand findings in re Richard Gorringe and the PMRT/Bi-Digital O-Ring Test] |
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Revision as of 15:11, 3 December 2006
Yoshiaki Omura, MD, ScD, (born 28 March, 1934, in Asahi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan), is President and Founder of the International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics, President and Founder of the International Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Medical Association, and Director of Medical Research of the Heart Disease Research Foundation.[1]
Omura is the creator of the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT) and a number of other alternative medicine techniques derivative of and dependent upon the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test for their application and evaluation, which are presented in Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, The International Journal, of which Omura is Founder and Editor-in-Chief, as well as in seminars presented by Omura and his colleagues.[2]