Exertional rhabdomyolysis in a bodybuilder following overexertion: A possible link to creatine overconsumption

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-79

  Do, Khoa D ^a   Bellabarba, Carlo ^a   Bhananker, Sanjay M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine; Creatine overconsumption; Exertional rhabdomyolysis; Strenuous exercise

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OVEREXERTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TRAINING; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CREATINE; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33847174662     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31802b4fc8     Document Type: Article

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