Changes in serum creatine phosphokinase during submaximal exercise testing
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Induction and Assessment of Exertional Skeletal Muscle Damage in Humans
Published on: December 11, 2016
Abstract:
The changes in creatine phosphokinase with exercise were studied in 70 subjects who had a submaximal exercise electrocardiogram carried out as part of their routine medical investigation. A significantly greater proportion of the subjects with a positive exercise ECG had a rise in CPK following exercise than did the subjects with a negative exercise ECG. The former had significantly lower initial CPK values, and this difference could be related to the different alteration of CPK with exercise in the two groups, for example by indicating a lower level of physical fitness in the group with positive exercise ECGs. However, the most likely explanation for the greater tendency of subjects with a positive exercise ECG to show a rise in CPK following exercise is greater CPK efflux from their ischemic myocardium.With refinements, measurement of CPK before and after exercise could be useful in helping to evaluate the diagnostic significance of the exercise ECG.
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