{"id":12669,"date":"2025-08-05T09:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=12669"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:17:36","slug":"uwec-parkinsons-glove-research-now-backed-by-mayo-funding","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uwec-parkinsons-glove-research-now-backed-by-mayo-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"UWEC Parkinson\u2019s glove research now backed by Mayo funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12674\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/07\/EAU_GloveResearch-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12674\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/07\/EAU_GloveResearch-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of UW-Eau Claire senior Maddie Mousel working on a portable vibrating glove with the potential to reduce tremors in Parkinson\u2019s disease patients. This interdisciplinary Blugold research project recently received key financial support thanks to an agreement between UW-Eau Claire and Mayo Clinic Health System. (Photo credit: UW-Eau Claire)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/07\/EAU_GloveResearch-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/07\/EAU_GloveResearch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/07\/EAU_GloveResearch-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/07\/EAU_GloveResearch-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwtest.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/07\/EAU_GloveResearch-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UW-Eau Claire senior Maddie Mousel works on a portable vibrating glove with the potential to reduce tremors in Parkinson\u2019s disease patients. This interdisciplinary Blugold research project recently received key financial support thanks to an agreement between UW-Eau Claire and Mayo Clinic Health System. (Photo credit: UW-Eau Claire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to the collaboration agreement between the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Mayo Clinic Health System, an interdisciplinary Blugold research project recently received key financial support that can take it to the next level.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nPu6NbEf5Ik?si=mD9TP-XhB4wkUnjy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nicholas Beltz, associate professor of kinesiology, and Dr. Marc Mc Ellistrem, professor of materials science and biomedical engineering, have spent nearly a year mentoring students seeking to finalize a prototype for portable vibrating gloves with the potential to reduce tremors in Parkinson\u2019s disease patients.<\/p>\n<p>The project, moving into its second academic year, just got a major boost from the Mayo\/UW-Eau Claire Research and Innovation Council \u2014 a boost in the form of a grant for $82,682.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funding is crucial for the purchase of materials and supplies to build the vibrotactile gloves, as well as access to the clinical questionnaire to evaluate motor symptoms in individuals with Parkinson\u2019s,\u201d Beltz says.<\/p>\n<p>Beltz says funds also will support wages for multiple Blugold students working on the project, along with faculty stipends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant will keep the wheels turning on this project,\u201d Beltz says.<\/p>\n<p>Two new undergraduate students on the project are sophomore Shivani Saravanan of Maple Grove, Minnesota, and senior Maddie Mousel of Roberts, both biomedical engineering majors.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, graduate student Calla Dexheimer is conducting the study as her thesis project for a master\u2019s in exercise physiology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a graduate of UWEC\u2019s biomedical engineering bachelor&#8217;s program, this research is an amazing opportunity to use my BME skills and grow as a master&#8217;s student in the exercise physiology program,\u201d Dexheimer says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be interesting to see the full effects of how these gloves can influence Parkinson\u2019s symptoms like tremors, sleep disturbances and fatigue. These gloves could provide a noninvasive way to treat these symptoms and improve overall quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Written by UW-Eau Claire<\/p>\n<p>Link to original story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwec.edu\/stories\/uwec-parkinsons-glove-research-now-backed-mayo-funding\">https:\/\/www.uwec.edu\/stories\/uwec-parkinsons-glove-research-now-backed-mayo-funding<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the collaboration agreement between the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Mayo Clinic Health System, an interdisciplinary Blugold research project recently received key financial support that can take it to the next level. 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