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10 years ago
 Thirty minutes after you complete a 25-km race, you begin to notice severe muscle soreness and stiffness in your legs. Your urine is dark colored, and you wonder whether you may have damaged your muscles during the race. When you visit the ER the doctor orders several blood tests. What kind of blood tests can help determine whether muscle damage has occurred? 
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10 years ago
If muscle damage occurred, the doctor would find enzymes such as creatine phosphokinase and proteins such as myoglobin or troponin in the bloodstream released by injured skeletal muscle cells. The level of these substances correlates with the severity of the injury.
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