Connect With Us

Inside INdiana Business
Subscribe Now Log In
  • Home
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Tech
    • STEM
    • Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics
    • Life Sciences
    • Ag INnovation
    • INPower
  • Videos
  • Big Wigs
    • Submit Big Wigs
  • Events
    • Engage Southwest Indiana – Evansville
    • Engage Northwest Indiana – Valparaiso
    • Engage Greater Lafayette – West Lafayette
    • Engage West Central Indiana – Terre Haute
    • Engage South Bend – Elkhart
    • Engage Northeast Indiana – Fort Wayne
    • Engage Central Indiana – Indianapolis
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • On-Air
    • TV & Radio Listings
  • Contact
    • About IIB
    • Meet the Team
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Gift Cards
    • Flagship Stations
    • Gerry’s Message
    • Speaking Engagement Request

Connect With Us

Could PAD Sufferers Find Relief Through ‘Space Pants?’

Thursday, April 27, 2017 05:28 PM EDT Updated: Friday, April 28, 2017 01:32 PM EDT
Could PAD Sufferers Find Relief Through ‘Space Pants?’ (Image of Bruno Roseguini courtesy of Purdue University.)

A scientist at Purdue University is putting his theory that clothing designed for astronauts can provide relief for patients with Peripheral Artery Disease. Health and Kinesiology Assistant Professor Bruno Roseguini is featured this month in the Inside INdiana Business Indiana Life Sciences e-newsletter and he believes swapping the normal cool water that flows through the ventilation garments with warm water could aid blood circulation in the legs of PAD sufferers. Roseguini is working with the Indiana University School of Medicine on a test using the "space pants" for 30 patients with the disease.

He says the technology could have wide uses. "Heat therapy is simple and inexpensive and can be applied in the home setting without supervision as long as you follow the instructions and it’s safe and well-tolerated, so I think it has the potential to overcome the major barriers that come with the other treatment options," Roseguini told Reporter Kylie Veleta.

In the six-week, American Heart Association-funded trail, patients will wear the garments three times a week for 90 minutes. Some 8.5 million Americans have PAD, according to the American Heart Association. Roseguini says "patients have told me, ‘I’m willing to do anything to get rid of this pain.’ Some have difficulty going to the grocery, and in extreme cases, just going to the mailbox. If you don’t do anything about it, the patient will decline functionally a lot faster than a normal elderly person."

You can connect to more about the technology by clicking here.

Story Continues Below

Most Popular Stories

  • Southwest Indiana trucking company files for bankruptcy

  • New chamber CEO: ‘There’s always more we could be doing’

  • Work on new community center set to start in International District

  • Groundbreaking set for Charlestown residential project

  • LabCorp to pay $525K to Indy employees after discrimination claims

  • South Bend moving forward with $20M westside community center

Perspectives

The power of resilience and the need for Black blood donors during Sickle Cell Awareness Month

The power of resilience and the need for Black blood donors during Sickle Cell Awareness Month

In my nearly 20-year tenure as a nurse at Riley Hospital for Children, I found myself repeatedly astonished and humbled, not only by the kids and young adults battling a monstrous adversary like sickle cell disease but more so by their enormous tenacity and resilience. Despite draining hospital stays and distressing procedures, these young ones always shone bright, their resilient spirits undeniably inspiring....

Inside INdiana Business

Inside INdiana Business
A division of IBJ Media

1 Monument Circle, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46204

PHONE: (317) 634-6200

FAX: (317) 263-5060

NEWSLETTER@IIBNEWS.COM

  • Home
  • News
  • Videos
  • Gerry Dick
  • Newsletters
  • On-Air
  • Contact

Copyright © 2023 All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy | Terms of Service