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Researchers Draw Conclusions on 2011 Rhabdo Outbreak
By Erin Jordan, Reporter
Story Created: Sep 18, 2013 at 6:21 PM CDT
Story Updated: Sep 18, 2013 at 6:30 PM CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Much has been written about the 2011 hospitalization of 13 University of Iowa football players for a potentially-fatal muscular breakdown following an extreme workout.
But in a paper published this month in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, UI physicians describe the incident and share findings that include speculation about which types of athletes might be more susceptible to rhabdomyolysis and whether protein shakes might counteract the condition.
?There?s very little in the literature of clusters of exertional rhabdomyolysis among athletes,? said Dr. Loreen Herwaldt, a UI physician in infectious disease and epidemiology. ?There?s new information in this paper...?
Researchers Draw Conclusions on 2011 Rhabdo Outbreak
By Erin Jordan, Reporter
Story Created: Sep 18, 2013 at 6:21 PM CDT
Story Updated: Sep 18, 2013 at 6:30 PM CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Much has been written about the 2011 hospitalization of 13 University of Iowa football players for a potentially-fatal muscular breakdown following an extreme workout.
But in a paper published this month in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, UI physicians describe the incident and share findings that include speculation about which types of athletes might be more susceptible to rhabdomyolysis and whether protein shakes might counteract the condition.
?There?s very little in the literature of clusters of exertional rhabdomyolysis among athletes,? said Dr. Loreen Herwaldt, a UI physician in infectious disease and epidemiology. ?There?s new information in this paper...?