Monday, August 23rd, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) School officials, parents and players remained puzzled Sunday over what caused 19 members of a high school football team in northwest Oregon to suffer muscle damage three of whom required surgery following a fall camp. The 19 McMinnville High School players all had elevated levels of the enzyme creatine kinase, or CK, which is released by muscles when they're injured, said Dr ...
Tags: Ck, Creatine, Curses, High School Football, High School Football Team, Injury Epidemic, Kinase, Mcminnville High School, Muscle Damage, Muscle Injury, Muscles, Northwest Oregon, Parents, School Football Team, School Officials
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
A doctor sums up the illness that hit 19 members of a northwest Oregon high school football team as very weird. They all suffered muscle damage after a preseason camp. Three of the McMinnville High School players also were diagnosed with a rare soft-tissue condition called compartment syndrome, which caused soreness and swelling in their triceps.
Tags: Compartment Syndrome, Football Players, High School Football, High School Football Team, Mcminnville High School, Members, Muscle Damage, Muscle Injury, Northwest Oregon, Oregon Football, Oregon High School, School Football Team, Soft Tissue, Sums, Triceps
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