Galileo Research Facts No. 36: Can Galileo Therapy improve muscle function in patients with chemotherapy-related Neuropathy?

This study used Galileo Therapy in patients who received a chemo-therapy to treat cancer. Typically, these patients develop a Neuropathy (chronic pain) as a side effect of the chemo-therapy. In this study Galileo Therapy was used primarily to reduce this pain but, in this publication, the positive (side-)effects on muscle function are reported.

On first sight these effects might seem small but considering at the protocol used in this study, it reveals that Galileo Therapy was very effective and efficient ta the same time: Both groups received over a period of 15 weeks once a week 60 minutes of massage and mobilization and 15 minutes of functional training. In addition, the Galileo group received only 9 additional minutes of Galileo Training of which only 3 minutes targeted muscle function and power. In addition, these 3 minutes only used a very moderate stimulation frequency of 19-23Hz (not very intensive exercises).

And yet the Galileo group showed significantly higher effects in chair-rising test than the control group (The CRT targets muscle power since chair-rise is a fast movement in a short time). This is one of many examples show how effective and efficient Galileo Therapy can be. The study is one of several Galileo study showing how effectively Galileo Therapy can be used on pain patients (#GRFS159, #GRFS102, #GRFS62).

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