Irrationally intense conditioning for a game puts the lives of healthy athletes with SCT at risk.Eichner ERCurrent sports medicine reports.Eichner RE. Sickle cell trait in sports. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2010. 9:347-351.Eichner ER. Sickle cell trait in sports. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2010;9:...
However, athletes with sickle cell trait are of greater concern and should be more carefully counseled. However, routine testing for sickle cell trait in athletes is not recommended. The results of a sickle cell screen are generally used for genetic counseling purposes only....
Interestingly, the sickle cell gene somewhat protects againstmalariainfection. This makes those with sickle cell trait (gene carriers) at least partially resistant to malaria. Furthermore, the geographic distribution of the sickle cell gene is similar to that of malaria infection. Sickle cell anemia ...
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high-intensity sports-related activities as well as the environmental impact of heat and humidity116. The pathophysiological mechanisms of sudden unexpected death amongst individuals with sickle cell trait is put down to four categories: (i) heat stroke & exertional heat illness; (ii) exertion-relat...
This cohort study evaluates whether African American individuals with sickle cell trait have a higher incidence of myocardial infarction or composite
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Cardiac diastolic maladaptation is associated with the severity of exercise intolerance in sickle cell anemia patients Thomas d'Humières 1,2,6,11*, Antoine Bouvarel 1,2,11, Laurent Boyer 1,2, Laurent Savale 3,4,9, Henri ...
“trait” symptom. However, PROMIS measures were specifically chosen in our study because of their widespread applicability across various diseases as well as healthy states and the ability to reduce respondent burden using CAT. Clinical pain burden was measured using health care utilization for pain....
cells in the distal portion of capillaries, and dilatation and thinning of the proximal segments of the vessels [321]. Visual acuity is not affected. The “comma sign” vessels in conjunctiva are an excellent diagnostic tool for sickle cell disease, but they are absent in sickle cell trait. ...
(2) the broader commodified contexts of college sport and sickle cell trait screening which veil the racialized political economic structure of the NCAA, a structure which is built upon the unpaid labor of college athletes; and (3) the biopolitics of screening practices both within and beyond ...