{"id":128361,"date":"2023-09-16T12:12:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T10:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stratec.stratec-medizintechnik.de\/uncategorized\/galileo-research-facts-no-53-can-8-weeks-of-galileo-therapy-at-age-80-decrease-fall-risk-and-improve-quality-of-life\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T10:41:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:41:59","slug":"galileo-research-facts-no-53-can-8-weeks-of-galileo-therapy-at-age-80-decrease-fall-risk-and-improve-quality-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/grfs\/galileo-research-facts-no-53-can-8-weeks-of-galileo-therapy-at-age-80-decrease-fall-risk-and-improve-quality-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Galileo Research Facts No. 53: Can 8 weeks of Galileo Therapy at age 80 decrease fall risk and improve quality of life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"128361\" class=\"elementor elementor-128361 elementor-126853\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f924a4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f924a4f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14789601\" data-id=\"14789601\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea7c825 color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ea7c825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As already shown in #<a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/grfs\/galileo-research-facts-no-49-can-4-minutes-of-galileo-therapy-per-week-increase-balance-and-gait-parameters\/\">GRFS49<\/a>, #<a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/grfs\/galileo-research-facts-no-48-can-galileo-therapy-increase-bone-mass-and-decrease-fracture-risk\/\">GRFS48<\/a> und #<a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/grfs\/galileo-research-facts-no-42-can-galileo-therapy-improve-balance-muscle-power-and-quality-of-life-in-elderly\/\">GRFS42<\/a> this study shows once more that even in old age (in this case up to 89 years) Galileo Therapy can be used very efficiently to compensate one of the most relevant effects of aging: The loss of muscle function and flexibility which cause increased fall and fracture risk.<\/p>\n<p>In this study high fall risk, frail 72- to 89-year-old received a training therapy intervention over a period of 8 weeks only. Both groups received an intensive physical therapy of 3 times 60 minutes per week. The Galileo group received only an additional 5 minutes Galileo Therapy per session (up to 30Hz, position 2 to 4, legs bent slightly). Nevertheless, the Galileo group showed about double the therapy effect then the control group without Galileo \u2013 concerning quality of life questionnaires (up to 44% improvement) as well as muscle function parameters measured by every-day tasks like 6m walking speed, balance and timed up and go test and fall risk with improvements of up to 52%. <\/p>\n<p>More evidence for the fact that Galileo Therapy can be used very effectively even at high age and that Galileo Therapy can deliver what it was designed for over 20 years ago by Hans Schie\u00dfl: Improve over-all fitness and life quality in aging \u2013 an therefor stay independent as long as possible!<\/p>\n<p>#GRFS53 #GalileoTherapy #MuscelFunction #MusclePower #Balance #FallRisk #QualityOfLife #Frail #Frailty #Sarkopenia #BestAging #MechanoStimulation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d45b977 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"2d45b977\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4dfa463\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/2023\/09\/16\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>16.09.2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6ad0cb2\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Produktgruppen: <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/produktgruppe\/galileo-therapy\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Galileo Therapy<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-aae46c5\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Themen:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/back-pain\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Back Pain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/basics\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Basics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/diseases\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Diseases<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/geriatrics\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Geriatrics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/health-promotion-at-work\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Health Promotion at Work<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/incontience\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Incontience<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/medical-applications\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Medical Applications<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/neurological-conditions\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Neurological Conditions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/orthopedic-diseases\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Orthopedic Diseases<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/osteoporosis\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Osteoporosis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/paediatrics\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Paediatrics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/prevention\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Prevention<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/topic\/pyhsitherapy-rehabilitation\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Pyhsitherapy &amp; 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Both groups received additional 180 min. per week training therapy. With only extra 15 minutes per week the Galileo group showed about double the effects of the control group with improvement of quality of life (+44%) and decreased fall risk (-50%)&#8230;   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":126016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[741,955],"tags":[6720,6638,6722,6598,6698,6022,6587,5974,6667,6721],"thema":[5898,5870,5876,5888,5874,5892,5878,5882,5884,5894,5890,5886,5880,5896,5900,5856,5872],"produktgruppe":[5831],"class_list":["post-128361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grfs","category-therapy","tag-grfs53-en","tag-balance-en","tag-bestaging-en","tag-fallrisk","tag-frailty-en","tag-galileotherapy","tag-galileotherapy-en","tag-mechanostimulation-en","tag-qualityoflife-en","tag-sarkopenia","thema-back-pain","thema-basics","thema-diseases","thema-geriatrics","thema-health-promotion-at-work","thema-incontience","thema-medical-applications","thema-neurological-conditions","thema-orthopedic-diseases","thema-osteoporosis","thema-paediatrics","thema-prevention","thema-pyhsitherapy-rehabilitation","thema-sci","thema-stroke","thema-therapy-prevention-using-galileo","thema-training-education","produktgruppe-galileo-therapy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128361"},{"taxonomy":"thema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thema?post=128361"},{"taxonomy":"produktgruppe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratec-med.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/produktgruppe?post=128361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}