Stress reduction with osteopathy assessed with GDV electrophotonic imaging: effects of osteopathy treatment.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to explore how osteopathy treatments influence certain measurable aspects of the human biofield; namely, various calculated parameters of finger corona discharge patterns produced by high-voltage electrophotography.

Methods: The Gas Discharge Visualization camera was used to assess subjects before and after osteopathy treatment. Thirty-three (33) apparently healthy adults (20-56 years old) took part in the study.

Express-evaluation of the psycho-physiological condition of Paralympic athletes.

Objective: Evaluation of elite athletes' psycho-physiological condition at various stages of preparation and in international competition.

Design: Athletes were tested during training and participation in international competition using methods of galvanic skin response (GSR) and gas discharge visualization (GDV).

Setting: Saint Petersburg Federal Research Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, Russia and Paralympic athletic training camp, Norway.