Welcome to the International Institute Of New Technologies, an initiative of Foundation „Promyk Słońca”. Our main purpose is to help and support development and promotion of new technologies in examinations, diagnosing and therapy, so as: EEG, QEEG, EEG Biofeedback, RSA Biofeedback, EMG Biofeedback, HEG Biofeedback but also a lot of others. We hope that the International Institute Of New Technologies will become the platform of communication and cooperation for researching and scientific entities dealing with these issues. We are inviting you to get acquainted with materials placed on our website and look through our offer. We are encouraging all the persons, associations, organizations, scientific and research entities interested in cooperating with the International Institute Of New Technologies to contact us via .
About "Promyk Słońca" Foundation The "Promyk Słońca" Foundation has been working continuously since 1990. It was founded to help children who are disabled or at risk of disability, drawing on the positive experiences of the Kinderzentrum in Munich. In 1994 the “Promyk Słońca” Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Center was opened in Wrocław under the aegis of the Foundation. In 2004 the “Promyk Słońca” Foundation was granted the status of a public benefit organization. At the basis of our activity lies the conviction that early diagnosis followed by coordinated, comprehensive and multifaceted help, encompassing both the child and the child’s parents, helps to prevent disabilities or considerably reduce their consequences.
International Institute Of New Technologies and "Promyk Słońca" Foundation cooperates with:
- Internationale Vojta Gesellschaft - Germany (for more info click here). - Internationale Aktion Sonnenschein - Theodor Hellbrügge - Germany (for more info click here). - RL-Corpus - Czech Republic (for more info click here). - Psychologicke Centrum A Institut - Czech Republic (for more info click here). - Centrum Dusevniho Zdravi v Jeseníku - Czech Republic (for more info click here). - BIOSVYAZ Corporation - Russia (for more info click here). - Institute Of Human Brain, Russian Sciences Academy - Russia (for more info click here). - Institute Of Pedagogy, University of Wroclaw - Poland (for more info click here).
About Electroencephalography (EEG)
Electroencephalography (EEG) is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced by the firing of neurons within the brain. In clinical contexts, EEG refers to the recording of the brain's spontaneous electrical activity over a short period of time, usually 20–40 minutes, as recorded from multiple electrodes placed on the scalp. In neurology, the main diagnostic application of EEG is in the case of epilepsy, as epileptic activity can create clear abnormalities on a standard EEG study. A secondary clinical use of EEG is in the diagnosis of coma and encephalopathies. EEG used to be a first-line method for the diagnosis of tumors, stroke and other focal brain disorders, but this use has decreased with the advent of anatomical imaging techniques such as MRI and CT.
Derivatives of the EEG technique include evoked potentials (EP), which involves averaging the EEG activity time-locked to the presentation of a stimulus of some sort (visual, somatosensory, or auditory). Event-related potentials refer to averaged EEG responses that are time-locked to more complex processing of stimuli; this technique is used in cognitive science, cognitive psychology, and psychophysiological research.
About Biofeedback
Biofeedback is a process that involves measuring a subject's specific and quantifiable bodily functions such as brain waves, blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, conveying the information to the patient in real-time. This raises the patient's awareness and therefore the possibility of conscious control of those functions. By providing the user access to physiological information about which he or she may be unaware, biofeedback may allow users to gain control of physical processes previously considered an automatic response of the autonomous nervous system.
EEG Biofeedback - is a therapy technique that presents the user with realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, typically in the form of a video display, sound or vibration. The aim is to provide real-time information to the Central Nervous System (CNS) as to its current activity. Some approaches believe that conscious understanding and mediation of that information is important for the training process; however, this claim has never actually been verified. Those approaches also believe that neurofeedback training can be understood as being based on a form of operant and/or classical conditioning. In that frame of reference, when brain activity changes in the direction desired by the trainer directing the training, a positive "reward" feedback is given to the individual, and if the change is in the opposite direct from what was intended, then either different feedback is given or the provision of otherwise attained "positive" feedback is inhibited (or blocked). These ideas can be applied in various combinations depending on the protocol decided upon by the trainer. Rewards/Reinforcements can be as simple as a change in pitch of a tone or as complex as a certain type of movement of a character in a video game.
EMG Biofeedback - typically uses electrodes in order to measure muscle action potentials. These action potentials result in muscle tension. The patient can learn to recognize the way tension subjectively feels by using the objective EMG readings and as a result learn to control the muscle tension. EMG is used as a relaxation technique to ease tension in the muscles causing backaches, neck pain, TMD, incontinence, and tension, migraine, and cluster headaches. EMG is also used in the process of muscle rehabilitation, such as in cases of paralysis resulting from Cerebral Palsy, stroke, and incomplete spinal cord lesions.
HEG Biofeedback - is a type of functional near-infrared imaging of the level of neuronal activity in the brain. One method of doing this takes advantage of the translucent nature of the cranium and differences in absorption rates of various wavelengths of light for oxygenated vs. unoxygenated blood. Two different lights placed on the scalp are shone into the brain and the relative differences between the amount of each light that is reflected back out through the scalp provide a relative measure of changes in blood oxygen level. Another method simply involves placing an infrared sensor on the scalp to detect the amount of heat radiation at that spot. Although each method detects changes in level of cerebral activity, one as it as reflected in oxygen level, the other as reflected by thermal level, and although each method is used for similar biofeedback purposes, e.g. treatment of migraine headaches, the pattern of results are somewhat different at times.
RSA Biofeedback - the difference between the maximum heart rate in an inhalation and minimal heart rate in an exhalation is called RSA (respiratory sinus arrhythmia) value. The greater the variability of heart rate between inhalation and exhalation phases the greater the dilation of bronchi. Thus RSA is a measure of good bronchial tone which is reflected in bronchi`s ability to dilate and regulate the intake of air. Increasing RSA we activate the reserves of the body: the bigger is RSA, the healthier is a person and the more opportunities he/she has to make his/her life happy and full. The development of the method enabling a person to harmonize the work of the heart and the respiratory system belongs to Alexander Smetankin. In the eighties, he published a series of scientific works, and in the nineties he developed a technology of RSA training. This method is patented and is called Smetankin method worldwide. The essence of the method is development of a new type of respiration: diaphragmatic relaxation breathing with the help of RSA as a feedback signal. Electrodes are attached to the person's body, the device registers his heart rate, indicates RSA and transfers it into a visual and auditory form. The patient is instructed to breathe with his abdomen. During inhalation, the abdomen is filled out, during exhalation, the abdomen is pulled in. The inhalation is natural, an exhalation is slow and smooth through slightly closed lips. Note, that while inhaling the pulse increases and a person may see at the scale that the light spot goes up and the pitch of sound is higher; while exhaling the pulse decreases, the light spot goes down and the pitch of sound also becomes lower.
