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How table tennis helps to slow down Parkinson’s disease

Agnes Jan won two world championship gold medals last week in France.

(Bild: Agnes Jan)

Parkinson's is a progressive brain disease in which nerve cells gradually die off. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali had this incurable disease for 32 years. Sport can slow down Parkinson's. Table tennis helps particularly well. Two world champions from Carinthia and Upper Austria report.

"When you get a diagnosis like this from the doctor, you have two options: Either you despair or you fight. I decided to fight!" says former "Wetten, dass ...?" presenter Frank Elstner, who wrote the book "Dann zitter ich halt" (I'll just shake) about his illness. One option when fighting: playing table tennis. Even if there are still few scientific studies, one thing seems certain: This sport can slow down the progression of Parkinson's.