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Stanford Football Hand Coolers - ca245 - 06-24-2025

I was watching the CWC game between Benfica and Bayern and, during a water break, I thought I saw a player dunk his hands into a tub of ice water. This reminded me that some 10-15 yrs ago, I saw Stanford football players use this device where a player inserted his hand into a glove-like thing and it cooled his blood. I don't recall seeing this device in general use nowadays. Was this an invention that ended up not panning out?

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RE: Stanford Football Hand Coolers - BobK - 06-24-2025

It’s been used at WVB at Stanford

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RE: Stanford Football Hand Coolers - PalmTree - 06-24-2025

You're referring to the cooling glove developed by Craig Heller in Biology. Not sure how widely it was adopted commercially. I participated in a lab trial early on in that research project when I was still doing a lot of long distance cycling - nothing like having a thermometer tube inserted in your nose and down your throat to measure your core body temp while peddling away on an exercise bike in a converted lab cold room!

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RE: Stanford Football Hand Coolers - fullmetal - 06-25-2025

I remember that at least 22 year ago at Stanford.  I think it had a brief moment in the NFL?  But there were a few people who swore by it.  I would guess now that this has more effective benefits if you're training outdoors in warmer climates.

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RE: Stanford Football Hand Coolers - burger - 06-25-2025

Here's an earlier article about the cooling gloves from 2005: https://stanfordmag.org/contents/just-cool-it

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