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Patients with neurodegenerative diseases turn to pingpong for rehabilitation. Scientists are paying attention.

NeuroPong program, led by founder and CEO Antonino Barbera, marries medicine with a love of table tennis

Laurie Borthwick learns pingpong from Francesca Vargas at Council Tree Covenant Church gym in Fort Collins on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. NeuroPong is a group with professional pingpong players teaching people with neurodegenerative conditions how to play pingpong as a form of rehabilitation. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Laurie Borthwick learns pingpong from Francesca Vargas at Council Tree Covenant Church gym in Fort Collins on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. NeuroPong is a group with professional pingpong players teaching people with neurodegenerative conditions how to play pingpong as a form of rehabilitation. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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By | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The Colorado-based NeuroPong program is being researched by scientists investigating the link between neurodegenerative conditions and pingpong, a game often associated with parents’ basements.

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