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May 2011 - Ineke van den Berg received the Pruimenbloesemprijs 2011. Reason for granting the prize was her thesis. In awarding this prize, the Dutch patients associaton for acupuncture (NPVA) supports people who added a special contribution to the development of acupuncture in the Netherlands and thus contribute to improve health care. 
 

 
Brief CV
 
Ineke van den Berg, PhD, is a  licenced acupuncturist and herbalist, physiotherapist, and holds a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology. She has practiced as a physiotherapist and shiatsu therapist for more than 30 years and as an acupuncturist and herbalist (Chinese Herbal Medicine) for 22 years, with a special interest in obstetrical problems and complex pain disorders as CRPS type 1. She has an extensive number of contacts among acupuncturists, including contacts in China and the USA. As post-doc, she works in the department of Epidemiology & Radiology of the Erasmus University MC, Rotterdam. In addition, she supervises and works in her own private clinic for Complementary Medicine ‘Rodenrijs‘ (www.praktijkrodenrijs.nl) 
 
 
Education

2010            PhD (medical sciences), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2004            Master of Science Degree (Clinical Epidemiology), NIHES, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

1992            BSc Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine (The Anglo Dutch institute for oriental medicine, Overveen, the  Netherlands

1990            BSc Acupuncture, European University of TCM (EUTCM), Utrecht, the Netherlands

1982            Degree Instructor Meer Bewegen voor Ouderen, ‘s Gravenhage, the Netherlands

1981            Degree Shiatsu therapy, Do-in and Yin-shin-Do (Acupressure), Baarn, the Netherlands

1980            Degree Instructor Pre- and postnatal education, Stichting Wetenschap en Scholing Fysiotherapie (SWSF), the Netherlands

1978        BSc Physical therapy, Stichting Paramedische Academie (SUPA), Utrecht the Netherlands


Certified courses and re-education training

2010            Practical Shāng Hán Lùn Diploma Course

2003            Traineeship transposition Therapy mrs. Shinka, Macedonia

2001            Traineeship in International Trainingscentre of Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing, China

2000            Nei Jia Stems & Branches Course, The Anglo Dutch institute for oriental medicine, Overveen, the Netherlands

1995-2001    Psychopunctuur Basic Emotional Structuring Test I and II(BEST) Dr. Med. H. Calehr.

1992            Course Motoric Remedial Teaching (MRT)

1989            Course Touch for Health I, II, III

1983            Meridiaantherapie I, II, III, Baden-Baden, Germany

1980            Pré - and Postnatal education SWSF, the Netherlands
 Research
Ineke van den Berg investigates if acupuncture should be recommended as an effective and cost-effective addition to the standard care in treating women with a fetus in breech position. using techniques from clinical epidemiology, metaanalysis, decision modeling, and cost-effectiveness analysis. 
 
Projects
 
Ineke is currently involved in the following project:
Publications (PubMed)
Ineke van den Berg MSc, Loek Tan, MSc, H. van Brero, K.T. Tan MD, A. Cecile J.W. Janssens, PhD, M.G. Myriam Hunink MD, PhD. Health-related quality of life in patients with musculoskeletal complaints in a general acupuncture practice: an observational study. Acupuncture in Medicine 2010;28:130-135   .

Ineke van den Berg, Lidia R. Arends, Johannes J. Duvekot. Correction of nonvertex presentation with moxibustion. Letter to the editor: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Ineke van den Berg MSc, Guido C. Kaandorp, MSc, Johanna L. Bosch, PhD, Johannes J. Duvekot, MD, PhD, Lidia R. Arends, PhD, M.G. Myriam Hunink MD, PhD. Cost-effectiveness of Breech Version by Acumoxa for women with a breech foetus at 33 weeks gestation: a modelling approach. Complement Ther Med. 2010 Apr;18(2):67-77. Epub 2010 Feb 7.

van den Berg I, Liem YS, Wesseldijk F, Zijlstra FJ, Hunink MG. Complex regional pain syndrome type 1 may be associated with menstrual cycle disorders: a case-control study. Complement Ther Med. 2009 Oct-Dec;17(5-6):262-8. Epub 2009 Nov 7.

Ineke van den Berg, Jantine Buxbaum, Joyce Vaandrager, Hanneke Noort. Dutch translation of the booklet: Natural pain relief techniques for childbirth using acupressure; promoting a natural labour and partner involvement.COPYRIGHT Debra Betts 2003 ©. ISBN 0-473-04467-6.

van den Berg I, Bosch JL, Jacobs B, Bouman I, Duvekot JJ, Hunink MGM.Effectiveness of acupuncture-type interventions versus expectant management to correct breech presentation: a systematic review.Complement Ther Med. 2008 Aug;16(4):238-9.

Zijlstra, F. J., van den Berg-de Lange, I., Huygen, F. J., Klein, J., Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture, Mediators Inflamm, 2003. 12(2): p. 59-69.