Cooling glove helps athletes and patients

What unites the needs of Ebola workers, people with multiple sclerosis and athletes comes down to one thing - cold hands. A device that cools the hands is finding widespread use from the playing field to the clinic. A cooling device that has been improving strength and endurance in mostly male athletes for 15 years is finding new uses in helping people with multiple sclerosis live normal lives, preventing overheating in Ebola workers and cooling working dogs. In a recent trial in women, it helped frosh participants perform hundreds of pushups in an hour. Senior research scientist Dennis Grahn meets with student research assistant Riasoya Jodah, a Women's Rugby team member. Jodah has been working with Heller and Grahn to test the effects of the cooling glove on strength conditioning training. (Image credit: L.A. Cicero) The idea itself isn't new.