TY - JOUR A1 - Eschweiler, J. A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Elektromyographische Untersuchungen zur Kräftigung der Oberschenkelmuskulatur mit einem myoelektrischen Stimulator nach arthroskopischen Eingriffen am Kniegelenk JF - Orthopädische Praxis. 43 (2007), H. 10 Y1 - 2007 SN - 0030-588x SP - 539 EP - 542 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - The genetic code should be seen as a positioning code JF - British journal of arts and social sciences. Vol. 14 (2013), No. 1 Y1 - 2013 SN - 2046-9578 SP - 93 EP - 97 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Levers, A. A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Analyse der Langzeitwirkung der MBST® KernspinResonanzTherapie bei Gonarthrose T1 - Analysis of the Long-term Effect of the MBST® Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Therapy on Gonarthrosis N2 - Originalausgabe: Orthopädische Praxis Jg. 47. 2011 H. 11; S. 536-543. Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Verlags Zusammenfassung: Auf der Basis von Patientenabfragen mittels Fragebogen zum Schmerzempfinden und zur Einschränkung bei Aktivitäten des alltäglichen Lebens wird die Langzeitwirkung der MBST® KernspinResonanz-Therapie bei Gonarthrose untersucht. An der Studie nahmen 39 Patienten teil, bei denen die Therapie bis zu vier Jahre zurückliegt. Neben einer Gesamtbetrachtung wird der Erfolg auch in Abhängigkeit von Alter, Geschlecht und sportlicher Aktivität analysiert. Insgesamt weist die Studie auf eine anhaltende Verbesserung des Gesundheitszustands mit zum Teil deutlicher Schmerzlinderung auch noch nach vier Jahren hin, jedoch mit einer leichten Schmerzzunahme gegen Ende des Untersuchungszeitraums von vier Jahren. Eine tendenziell positivere Wirkung bei Frauen, älteren Menschen oder auch sportlich nicht-aktiven Patienten lässt auf eine mögliche Beeinflussung des Erfolgs der Therapie durch (Über-)Belastung im Alltag schließen. Ein zusätzlich positiver Effekt der Therapie auf die Knochendichte ist ebenfalls denkbar, dies bleibt jedoch offen. N2 - Original edition: Orthopädische Praxis Vol. 47. 2011 Issue 11; P. 536-543. On the friendly authority of the publisher. Abstract: Based upon a questionnaire for patient-queries regarding pain-sensation and activity-restrictions during everyday task, the long-term effect of MBST® nuclear magnetic resonance therapy is studied in osteoarthritis of the knee. 39 patients, whose therapy dates back up to four years, participated in the study. In addition to an overall view, the success of this therapy is also analyzed regarding age, gender and physical activities. Overall, the study pointed out a sustained improvement in the patients´ local health-status with a significant pain-relief even after four years, but also with a slight increase in pain towards the end of that four-year period. There tends to be more positive effect on women, on elderly of also on even non-sports-active patients which suggest a possible influence by daily (over)-stressing on the success of the therapy. An additional positive effect of the therapy on bone density is also conceivable, however, this remains open. KW - Kniegelenkarthrose KW - Gonarthrose KW - MBST KW - Arthosetherapie KW - gonarthrosis KW - MBST KW - arthrosis therapy Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gorissen, P. A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Experimentelle Kraftmessungen als Beitrag zur Wirksamkeitsbeurteilung von Schienbeinschonern im Fußballsport T1 - Experimental measurement of forces as a contribution to evaluate the effectiveness of shin guards in soccer JF - OUP Zeitschrift für die orthopädische und unfallchirurgische Praxis N2 - Diese Studie beschäftigte sich mit der Dämpfungswirkung von Schienbeinschonern, wie sie beim Fußball zum Einsatz kommen. Sie wurde mit Hilfe eines Pendelhammers durchgeführt, der verschiedene Aufschlagkräfte auf die Schoner ermöglichte. Dabei wurde deutlich, dass Schienbeinschoner die beste Wirkung bei Maximalkräften unterhalb von 5kN erreichen können, dass bei größerer Belastung allerdings Verbesserungsbedarf besteht. Hierfür konnte, u.a. durch den Einsatz neuer Materialien, ein guter Ansatzpunkt im „adäquaten Zusammenspiel von Schale und Polsterung“ der Schoner gefunden werden. Die Untersuchung hat weiterhin gezeigt, dass zumindest teilweise eine deutliche Verbesserung der Dämpfungswirkung der Schienbeinschoner in den letzten Jahren erreicht werden konnte. N2 - This study was conducted to test the damping effects of commercially available soccer shin guards on their damping effects. Therefore a pendulum impact apparatus with varying impact forces was used. It became clear that shin guards show the best effect at maximum forces of less than 5kN. There is however a need for improvement at greater impact forces. A good starting point was found in an „appropriate interaction of shell and padding” of the shin guard. It was further clarified that a significant improvement on the damping effect could be achieved at least partially over the last years. KW - Fußball KW - Schienbeinschoner KW - Aufschlagversuch Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3238/oup.2012.0010-0015 SN - 2193-5785 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 10 EP - 15 PB - Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag CY - Köln ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Paus, R. A1 - Casser, H.-R. A1 - Albrecht, T. T1 - Dissekatfixierung mit Polydioxanonstiften bei der Osteochondrosis dissecans / Paus, R. ; Casser, H.-R. ; Laack, W. van ; Albrecht, T. JF - Arthroskopie. 5 (1992), H. 1 Y1 - 1992 SN - 0933-7946 SP - 19 EP - 23 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Nah-Todeserfahrungen : Vorhof zum Himmel oder bloß Hirngespinste? JF - Die Drei : Zeitschrift für Anthroposophie in Wissenschaft, Kunst und sozialem Leben. 74 (2004), H. 12 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0012-6063 SP - 13 EP - 21 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knobe, M. A1 - Giesen, M. A1 - Plate, S. A1 - Gradl-Dietsch, G. A1 - Buecking, B. A1 - Eschbach, D. A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Pape, H.-C. T1 - The Aachen mobility and balance index to measure physiological falls risk: a comparison with the Tinetti POMA scale JF - European Journal Of Trauma And Emergency Surgery N2 - Purpose The most commonly used mobility assessments for screening risk of falls among older adults are rating scales such as the Tinetti performance oriented mobility assessment (POMA). However, its correlation with falls is not always predictable and disadvantages of the scale include difficulty to assess many of the items on a 3-point scale and poor specificity. The purpose of this study was to describe the ability of the new Aachen Mobility and Balance Index (AMBI) to discriminate between subjects with a fall history and subjects without such events in comparison to the Tinetti POMA Scale. Methods For this prospective cohort study, 24 participants in the study group and 10 in the control group were selected from a population of patients in our hospital who had met the stringent inclusion criteria. Both groups completed the Tinetti POMA Scale (gait and balance component) and the AMBI (tandem stance, tandem walk, ten-meter-walk-test, sit-to-stand with five repetitions, 360° turns, timed-up-and-go-test and measurement of the dominant hand grip strength). A history of falls and hospitalization in the past year were evaluated retrospectively. The relationships among the mobility tests were examined with Bland–Altmananalysis. Receiver-operated characteristics curves, sensitivity and specificity were calculated. Results The study showed a strong negative correlation between the AMBI (17 points max., highest fall risk) and Tinetti POMA Scale (28 points max., lowest fall risk; r = −0.78, p < 0.001) with an excellent discrimination between community-dwelling older people and a younger control group. However, there were no differences in any of the mobility and balance measurements between participants with and without a fall history with equal characteristics in test comparison (AMBI vs. Tinetti POMA Scale: AUC 0.570 vs. 0.598; p = 0.762). The Tinetti POMA Scale (cut-off <20 points) showed a sensitivity of 0.45 and a specificity of 0.69, the AMBI a sensitivity of 0.64 and a specificity of 0.46 (cut-off >5 points). Conclusion The AMBI comprises mobility and balance tasks with increasing difficulty as well as a measurement of the dominant hand-grip strength. Its ability to identify fallers was comparable to the Tinetti POMA Scale. However, both measurement sets showed shortcomings in discrimination between fallers and non-fallers based on a self-reported retrospective falls-status. KW - Tinetti test KW - Mobility KW - Mobility tests KW - Ground-level falls KW - Elderly KW - Fall prevention KW - Co-managed care KW - Balance Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-016-0693-2 SN - 1863-9941 VL - 42 IS - 5 SP - 537 EP - 545 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Refisch, A. T1 - Neuralgic amyotrophy of the lumbar area. Case Report / Refisch, A. ; Laack, W. van JF - Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 108 (1989), H. 5 Y1 - 1989 SN - 0936-8051 SP - 329 EP - 332 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Ohne Geist läuft wenig! Teil 2: Zur Unfreiheit verdammt? Eine etwas andere Sicht der Libet-Experimente JF - Die Drei : Zeitschrift für Anthroposophie in Wissenschaft, Kunst und sozialem Leben. 75 (2005), H. 3 Y1 - 2005 SN - 0012-6063 SP - 25 EP - 35 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Ohne Geist läuft wenig! Teil 1: Kann aus Neuronen Bewusstsein entstehen? JF - Die Drei : Zeitschrift für Anthroposophie in Wissenschaft, Kunst und sozialem Leben. 75 (2005), H. 2 Y1 - 2005 SN - 0012-6063 SP - 31 EP - 38 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Elektro- und Ultraschalltherapie JF - Stationäre Naturheilkunde : Handbuch für Klinik und Rehabilitation / André-Michael Beer. [Autoren: Peter Altmeyer ...] Y1 - 2005 SN - 3-437-56890-6 SP - 162 EP - 171 PB - Elsevier, Urban und Fischer CY - München ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Therefore Fermat is right JF - American journal of humanities and social sciences : AJHSS N2 - It was Fernat's idea to investigate how many numbers would fulfill the equation according to the Pythagorean Theorem if the exponent were increased to random, e.g. to a3 + b3 = c3. His question became therefore: are there two whole numbers the cubes of which add up to the volume of the cube of a third whole number? He posed this same question, of course, for all kinds of higher exponents, so that the equation could be generalized: is there an integral solution for the equation an + bn = cn, if the exponent n is higher than 2? Although in 1993, the English mathematician Andrew Wiles was able to produce an arithmetical proof for Fermat's famous theorem, I will show that there is a simple logical explanation which is also pragmatic and plausible and what is the result of a fundamental alternative idea how our world seems to be constructed. Y1 - 2014 SN - 2329-079X (E-Journal); 2329-0781 (Print) VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 117 EP - 120 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Nature is much smarter than expected: the Genetic Code is not degenerate JF - American journal of humanities and social sciences N2 - In any books about genetics it can still today be read that our genetic code is called “degenerate” because it is still believed that 43 = 64 triplets encode the 20 essential amino acids. Indeed we have to assume the inverse law, what means that 34 = 81 exact code positions are really effective for our genetic code and encode the amino acids, compiled to proteins. This very important discovery leads to two completely new results that are limits-overlooking: 1) 34 (=81) genetic code positions mean exactly the same number as there are stable and naturally existing chemical elements in our universe. This famous argument should now lead to some alternative, as well as new fundamental conclusions about our existence. 2) A genetic code positioning system shows that nature is much smarter than expected: mutations are made less dangerous than believed, because they won't be that easily able any more to cause severe damages in the protein-synthesis. This should also lead to some alternative views upon evolution of life. Y1 - 2014 SN - 2329-0781 (Print) ; 2329-079X (Online) VL - Vol. 2 IS - No. 1 SP - 10 EP - 12 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Wirksamkeit verschiedener Schienbeinschoner im Fußballsport JF - Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Ihre Grenzgebiete. 123 (1985), H. 6 Y1 - 1985 SN - 0044-3220 SP - 951 EP - 956 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Refisch, A. T1 - Der akute und chronische Schulterschmerz / Refisch, A. ; Laack, W. van JF - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin. 36 (1985), H. 6 Y1 - 1985 SN - 0371-3059 SP - 176 EP - 183 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Dürselen, L. T1 - Alternative zur dauerhaften Verankerung von Gelenkendoprothesen JF - Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete. 123 (1985), H. 4 Y1 - 1985 SN - 0044-3220 SP - 653 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Untersuchungen über die Druckverteilung durch Schienbeinschoner im Fußballsport JF - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin. 36 (1985), H. 7 Y1 - 1985 SN - 0371-3059 SP - 203 EP - 208 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Tennisarm - Ursachen und Behandlung JF - Apotheker-Journal . 9 (1987), H. 2 Y1 - 1987 SN - 0720-1028 SP - 42 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laack, Walter van A1 - Levers, A. A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Gonarthrosetherapie auf Kernspinresonanzbasis mit MBST-Vierjahresbeobachtungen JF - Orthopädische Nachrichten : Zeitung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie. 2013, H. 7/8 Y1 - 2013 SN - 1437-2193 SP - 13 PB - Biermann CY - Köln ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Levers, A. A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - Analysis of the long-term effect of the MBST® nuclear magnetic resonance therapy on gonarthrosis JF - Orthopedic Practice Y1 - 2016 VL - 47 IS - 11 SP - 521 EP - 528 ER -