Journal article
EXERTIONAL RHABDOMYOLYSIS IN A 21-YEAR-OLD HEALTHY WOMAN: A CASE REPORT
Journal of strength and conditioning research, Vol.31(5), pp.1403-1410
05/01/2017
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001824
PMID: 28146033
Abstract
The optimal resistance training program to elicit muscle hypertrophy has been recently debated and researched. Although 3 sets of 10 repetitions at 70-80% of the 1 repetition maximum (1RM) are widely recommended, recent studies have shown that low-load (similar to 30% 1RM) high-repetition (3 sets of 30-40 repetitions) resistance training can elicit similar muscular hypertrophy. Incidentally, this type of resistance training has gained popularity. In the process of testing this hypothesis in a research study in our laboratory, a subject was diagnosed with exertional rhabdomyolysis after completing a resistance training session that involved 3 sets to failure at 30% 1RM. Reviewed were the events leading up to and throughout the diagnosis of exertional rhabdomyolysis in a healthy recreationally-trained 21-year-old woman who was enrolled in a study that compared the acute effects of high-load low-repetition vs. low-load high-repetition resistance training. The subject completed a total of 143 repetitions of the bilateral dumbbell biceps curl exercise. Three days after exercise, she reported excessive muscle soreness and swelling and sought medical attention. She was briefly hospitalized and then discharged with instructions to take acetaminophen for soreness, drink plenty of water, rest, and monitor her creatine kinase (CK) concentrations. Changes in the subject's CK concentrations, ultrasound-determined muscle thickness, and echo intensity monitored over a 14-day period are reported. This case illustrates the potential risk of developing exertional rhabdomyolysis after a low-load high-repetition resistance training session in healthy, young, recreationally-trained women. The fact that exertional rhabdomyolysis is a possible outcome may warrant caution when prescribing this type of resistance exercise.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- EXERTIONAL RHABDOMYOLYSIS IN A 21-YEAR-OLD HEALTHY WOMAN: A CASE REPORT
- Creators
- Brianna D. McKay - Oklahoma State UniversityNoelle M. Yeo - Oklahoma State UniversityNathaniel D. M. Jenkins - Oklahoma State UniversityAmelia A. Miramonti - University of Nebraska–LincolnJoel T. Cramer - Nutrition & Health Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of strength and conditioning research, Vol.31(5), pp.1403-1410
- DOI
- 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001824
- PMID
- 28146033
- NLM abbreviation
- J Strength Cond Res
- ISSN
- 1064-8011
- eISSN
- 1533-4287
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 1009500 / U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Hatch project
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984259647402771
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