Why the study?
Is alpha-actin a reliable biomarker for detecting skeletal muscle injury in sportspeople?
Population
68 sportspeople
Comparison
Measurement of alpha-actin and traditional markers vs Uninjured sportspeople
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Supports alpha-actin as a candidate biomarker for skeletal muscle injury; leaves open clinical adoption pending prospective validation.
Is alpha-actin a reliable biomarker for detecting skeletal muscle injury in sportspeople?
Alpha-actin is a reliable marker for skeletal muscle damage in sportspeople, and its combined use with TnI can discriminate between skeletal and cardiac muscle damage.
Martínez‐Amat et al. (2007) studied this question.
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