Supported Projects

iOMEDICO AG, Freiburg im Breisgau

Numerous studies prove the positive effect of exercise on the quality of life and the prognosis of patients with cancer diseases.

CoFit prospectively evaluates the effect of exercise on the rate of recurrence of a non-selected patient population in real life. The patients are asked about kind and extent of exercise by means of a validated questionnaire twice a year. The observation period for each patient is five years or until occurrence of a recurrence.

The simultaneous capture of health data during the entire course of the disease allows the linking of data from questionnaires with medical data such as occurrence of recurrence. The five-year follow-up observation period for CoFit is complete. The final evaluation will answer many questions on the effects of exercise. The publication is supported by the Leonardis Foundation.

Project start: 4th quarter 2006.

iOMEDICO AG, Freiburg im Breisgau

Several studies prove the positive effect of exercise on the quality of life and the prognosis of patients with cancer diseases.

MaFit prospectively evaluates the effect of exercise on the rate of recurrence of a non-selected patient population in real life. The patients are asked about kind and extent of exercise by means of a validated questionnaire twice a year. The observation period for each patient is five years or until occurrence of a recurrence.

The simultaneous capture of health data during the entire course of the disease allows the linking of data from questionnaires with medical data such as occurrence of recurrence. The five-year follow-up observation period for MaFit is complete.

The final evaluation of MaFit is planned for 2016 and will answer many questions on the effects of exercise. The publication is supported by the Leonardis Foundation.

Project start: 4th quarter 2007.

Klinik für Tumorbiologie, Freiburg;
Forschungs GbR, Freiburg;
Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaften der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Numerous chemotherapeutics can cause serious nerve damage in patients, above all chemotherapy induced polyneuropathy (CiPNP). Mostly the affected complain about uncomfortable paraesthesia especially in their feet and hands, unsteadiness when walking, standing or gripping or increased sensitivity to cold or inclination to muscle cramps. In rare cases signs of paralysis can occur. Therefore the occurrence of CiPNP can lead to a significantly reduced quality of life. To date no long-lasting effective therapy exists. Based on extensive preliminary assessments we now hope to show that a targeted whole body vibration training with Galileo® will lead to a repair of the damaged nerve fibres and thus to an improvement of the clinical ailments as well as the quality of life within the CiPNP-Galileo I study

Project start: 2nd quarter 2014.

Praxis für Interdisziplinäre Onkologie und Hämatologie in Freiburg;
Forschungs GbR, Freiburg;
Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaften der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

The CiPNP-Galileo 2 study is based on the findings of CiPNP-Galileo 1. The follow-up study will evaluate whether the whole body vibration training with Galileo® can counteract the damage of the nervous system in patients being treated with neurotoxic chemotherapeutics and thus improve the tolerability of the therapy as well as quality of life

Project start: 1st quarter 2016

Vibration und balance training in breast cancer patients during and after adjuvant radiotherapy.

The ViBBRa 2 study is based on the finding of the ViBBRa 1 study (see below). The positive effects of the special dumbbell vibration training in patients after breast cancer under radiation therapy, such as e.g. an improvement of the mobility of the shoulder, the preservation of the depth sensitivity as well as reduction of treatment induced tiredness should also be proven in this clinical follow-up study in a larger patient population.

Project start: 1st  quartal 2016

Zentrale Einrichtung Bewegungsmedizin und Sport, Freiburg;
Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaften der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg;
Medizin I Hämatologie, Onkologie und Stammzelltransplantation des Universitätsklinikums Freiburg.

Patients after breast cancer suffer from a number of side effects following their treatment (e.g. operations and local radiation therapy). These can significantly impair quality of life. In particular, these include restrictions in mobility of the shoulder, disturbance of sensitivity in feet and hands, lymph oedema of the arms, reduction of fitness, tiredness and fatigue. Many of these symptoms could be reduced in preliminary evaluations by means of a target dumbbell vibration training during radiation treatment. The goal of this pilot study was therefore to assess the feasibility and efficacy of a special dumbbell vibration training in patients after breast cancer under radiation treatment.