Rectus abdominis rhabdomyolysis after sit ups: unexpected detection by bone scan.

Kao, P F; Tzen, K Y; Chen, J Y; Lin, K J; Tsai, M F; Yen, T C · Br J Sports Med · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Uptake of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate by the rectus abdominis muscle was unexpectedly found in a 29 year old man who had started to perform 30 to 40 sit ups a day for five days before the bone scan. After a week of rest, serum creatine kinase activity was still abnormal but muscle uptake of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate had ceased. This specific muscle injury after short term sit ups as well as the resolution of the phenomenon within a week are of interest.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy