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Luci Krippner's eyes never leave the little white ball as her arms loosen up. When she plays ping-pong like today in Berlin, she can forget for a while that she has Parkinson's disease.

Luci Krippners eyes never leave the little white ball as her arms loosen up. When she plays ping-pong like today in Berlin, she can forget for a while that she has Parkinsons disease.

For World Parkinson's Day, table tennis players have chained smashes without sparing their efforts. Some six million people are living with Parkinson's disease worldwide, including 400,000 in Germany. Ping Pong Parkinson has 170 clubs in the country and a thousand members. The association relies on a 2021 Japanese study according to which regular ping-pong practice for 6 months can reduce physical symptoms of Parkinson's, such as tremor or stiffness. The goal will be to "play har...

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