Kirlian Photography: Reliability of Mandel's Energy Emission Analysis (EEA) in Healthy Persons

Author(s): Görner, C., Lüdtke, R., Mandel, P.

Abstract: Objective: Is the EEA according to Mandel a reliable diagnostic method? Patients: 12 healthy volunteers from the staff of the Staufer-Klinik Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Design: From each person in total 10 Kirlian photos of both hands and feet are taken. Breaks between each two photos lasted 10-15 min. The single EEA sectors were graded by an experienced blinded rater. Results: An overall reliability can be confirmed that is beyond random (intraclass Kappa = 0.30) but smaller than the reliability of conventional diagnostic methods. Reliability is higher at the feet than at the hands. Complex links of single sectors do not raise the Kappa values. Conclusions: Probably the reliability is relatively low because the examinations were made in healthy persons: The energetic disturbances are small and disappear in physiologic noise. Additionally, we face the problem of taking single photos of a fluctuating phenomenon that furtherrnore is modified by different finger positions. Examinations in diseased persons could presumably provide additional information.

Keyword(s): Kirlian-Fotografie: Meridiane

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