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"For the past three years, the Weil Foot & Ankle Institute
has used the Galileo 2000 System in two areas.
Sports Medicine
Through our physical therapy department, we have instituted a program
whereby our "weekend athletes" use the Galileo to rehabilitate
ankle sprains and other acute injuries. Our physical therapists
have discovered that exercise on the Galileo is a valuable adjunct
to proprioceptive training and speeds the recovery. At the suggestion
of one of our patients, Frank Thomas, the Chicago White Sox have
placed a Galileo in the training room of their facility. After about
one month, the players insisted on having a portable unit brought
with them on road trips during the baseball year.
Elderly Patients
We have found that many of our elderly and arthritic patients feel
"considerably better" following an exercise session on
the Galileo. We cannot yet explain or quantify the results of these
treatments, but our ongoing research in this area, using an SF36
Musculoskeletal assessment tool, should give us some worthwhile
data to use in setting up further research studies."
Lowell Scott Weil, Sr., DPM, FACFAS
Medical Director
Weil Foot & Ankle Institute
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