Scientific Research

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• A HOTEL STAY .
  In the best tradition of Italian hospitality
• TRUE THERMAL SPRINGS .
  With a natural therapeutic effect
• A SPECIALIST MEDICAL CENTRE FOR PHYSICAL REHABILITATION.
  Equipped with the latest preventive and rehab technology

In this, the first Italian medical hotel and partner of the best European insurance companies, Spa, Wellness and Medicine are completely integrated to promote health and a active life in an effective and innovative way, without limitations and while comfortably on holiday.

THE ERMITAGE MEDICAL HOTEL 2026 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEMINARS

Therapy and hospitality programs in a thermal establishment specifically dedicated to the improvement of people’s physiological balance and functional rehab. These seminars are carried out under strict specialist medical supervision and designed together with expert consultants from the University of Padua; they provide important educational pointers on the correct lifestyle and offer the participants significant costs reductions and effective therapeutic protocols based exclusively on scientific evidence criteria.

The cost of the therapies included in the programs can be deducted from your tax return. The seminars include the Hotel stay. Specialist medical assistance. Pre/Post-treatment physiological check-up. Customised treatments program. Discounted prices for participants in the study. For scientific research purposes, participants are required to accept the entire therapy protocol offered.

2026 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SEMINARS LIMITED AVAILABILITY!

3 Sessions in 2026:

1st session: from March 7 to March 21

2nd session: from June 6 to June 20

3rd session: from October 24 to November 7r

PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION

Strategies and lifestyle approaches for healthy weight loss, cardiovascular disease prevention, and the recovery of optimal physical fitness.

Dates and Rates:

Possibility of extending your stay to obtain more ambitious results:

*Official 2026 price list rate

Download the programme!

GOAL: TO PROMOTE HEALTH THROUGH NEW LIFESTYLES TO:

• Reduce: Overweight, Fat Mass, Cardiovascular Risk Factors Biological age.
• Increase: Lean Mass, Muscle strength, Aerobic capacity
• Boost: Cardiopulmonary response and the Immune System

In the last 10 years over 2000 people have been treated on evidence based protocols, with long-lasting results already measurable right after the first week!

OFFER DETAILS

• DIRECT SUPERVISION BY RESEARCHERS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PADUA.

Prof. Fulvio Ursini,
Biochemistry and Nutrition
University of Padua

Prof. Domenico Corrado
Sports Cardiology
University of Padua

• THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SCIENTIFICALLY VALIDATED PROTOCOL THAT HEALS AND EDUCATES TOWARDS A NEW LIFESTYLE , WHILE ON HOLIDAY.
  
• A COMPLETELY NEW PROGRAMME THAT INCLUDES, BESIDES THE CUSTOMISED DIET, SPA AND FITNESS PROGRAMME, ALSO A PHYSIOLOGICAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CHECK-UP, RESTING ECG AND A CYCLE OF LYMPHATIC MASSAGE THERAPY

SUBJECTS WITH THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL CONDITION CAN’T PARTECIPATE AT THE PROGRAM

• SKIN LESIONS OF ANY ORIGIN OR NATURE

• CARDIOVASCULAR AND/OR CARDIOPULMONARY INSTABILITY

• ONCOLOGICAL AND CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASES

• DO NOT HAVE A STATE OF HEALTH COMPATIBLE WITH MODERATE NONCOMPETITIVE RECREATIONAL EXERCISE!

Included services and Conditions for Participants in the 2026 Research programme:

• 7 (or 14) nights full board stay in suite-category rooms, free access to the thermal swimming pools and the Cardio Fitness circuit, SPA KIT (bathrobe, slippers, swimming pool towel).
• Custom treatments, , supervised by the Ermitage Medical Hotel specialist thermal medicine and physical rehabilitation doctors , to promote balanced weight loss and the objective improvement of the main physiological parameters. Physiological Check-up. Customised caloric regime and a menu that follows the latest guidelines for correct nutrition and the prevention of cardiovascular pathologies. Customised cardio fitness programme with personal trainer (5 or 10 sessions). Complete cycle of 5 or 10 thermal therapies (thermal mud treatments, ozone baths, reaction massages). Cycle of 3 or 6 30-minute sessions of manual draining lymphatic massages by an Original Vodder Method operator. Final medical examination for the assessment of results.
• PRE/POST Physiological and Cardiological check-up with specific and immediate information on the obtained results:
  – Anthropometric measurements,
  – Blood chemistry analysis,
  – Direct assessment of basal metabolic rate,
  – Aerobic capacity measurement and Bioelectrical impedance analysis of Body Composition
  – Resting ECG report

Additional health care services available for a fee by prior arrangement:

• Cardiological consultation with ECO Cardiography.
• Pneumological consultation with assessment of breathing physiology.
• Autogenic training and/or psychological support (individual sessions).

IMPORTANT INFORMATIOn
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:

N.B. 1 1 Maximum number of participants in each Seminar: 20 people Should the number of applications be higher than that, priority shall be given to new participants and to guests interested in the 14-day intensive program.

N.B. 2 ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED: A) A health status that allows for some moderate (NON COMPETITIVE) physical exercise, as proven by a medical certificate issued by the participant’s primary care physician declaring the guest’s fitness for recreational aerobic activity in a gym. B) Willingness to comply with all the therapy and nutritional instructions of the programme (with the exception of any food sensitivity and/or allergy), to avoid compromising the outcomes of the research.. C) Appropriate clothing for physical training in the gym and swimming pool.

N.B. 3Please remember that it is possible to participate in all the described programs all year long, although at full price. Price reductions are possible only during the research seminars and on the dates mentioned above. Participants in the seminars are required to follow all the instructions for the described protocol and to adhere to any further medical instructions following the admission assessment, and to comply with their assigned nutritional program.

N.B. 4Guests interested in participating in the described programs without following the nutritional programs included in the research should please contact the hotel during the year, to book their stay as private guests, outside of the dates of the research seminars..

N.B. 5 The quoted prices do not include: any drinks or meals from the bar and restaurant and any treatments added by the guest and not mentioned in the protocol.

Next Seminars in the 2026 Season:

III Seminar: from October 24 to November 7

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