A method of reducing pain and induce/enhance the stem cell growth/differentiation reaction includes identifying a pair of related Noxipoints on an identified muscle/organ and applying a chemical/electrical stimulation to the pair of Noxipoints.

The present invention relates to a training assistance apparatus and a training assistance method. The training assistance apparatus comprises a collecting unit, a main control unit and a discharging unit; the collecting unit is configured to collect an electromyographic signal of a user's specific position during implementation of actions and output it to the main control unit after amplification and filtering; the main control unit is configured to determine an optimal electromyographic signal according to the received electromyogaphic signal, use the optimal electromyoelectrical signal to form a stimulation signal, output the stimulation signal to the discharging unit; the discharging unit forms a stimulation current according to the stimulation signal and applies the stimulation current upon the user's specific position. The present invention employs a closed-loop electromyographic stimulation manner of performing equivalence between the collection-stimulation type electromyographic signal and stimulation signal, and enables the action of a trainee to develop in an optimal direction. The progressive manner of the present invention more facilitates improving the training effect as compared with a fixed programmed manner in the prior art. In addition, the present invention does not limit constraints of place and time.

The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for treating, diagnosing and/or monitoring a patient having a heart, a heart rhythm comprising periodically repeating Q, R, S and T waves of an electrocardiogram and a peripheral vascular system, said electrocardiogram exhibiting a repeating QRSTQ heart rhythm having a Q-T systole duration, a T-Q diastole duration and an R-R path length, said patient having a pulse rate corresponding to said R-R path length, the apparatus comprising a plurality of electrodes attachable externally or internally to the patient for electrically stimulating the patient non-invasively or invasively, in synchronization with the heart rhythm, by trains of pulses applied to the patient, determining, for cycles of the heart rhythm, a time corresponding to the end of an associated T-wave and applying trains of electrical stimulation pulses within a range of 15% to 1% corresponding to said R-R path length before the end of the T-wave and having a train duration selected in the range of 5 to 15% of said R-R path length, so that the train of stimulation pulses ends at at most +5% RR from the end of the T-wave.

A retinal ganglion cell (RGC) stimulation system for an optic nerve. The system can comprise a ground electrode, a stimulation electrode, a voltage or current source connected to both the ground electrode and the stimulation electrode and configured to stimulate the stimulation electrode with an electrical waveform having a first voltage and a first current, and a controller connected to the voltage or current source and controlling the first voltage and the first current of the electrical waveform.