Adaptation to eccentric exercise: neutrophils and E-selectin during early recovery.

The purpose was to determine the responses of blood neutrophils and E-selectin concentrations during early recovery (<24hr) from 2 bouts of eccentric exercise. Subjects (N=9) completed 2 bouts of eccentric arm exercise using their non-dominant arm (Bout 1 and Bout 2) and 1 non-exercise control condition. The exercise bouts were separated by 4 weeks, and the control condition preceded bout 1.

Postexercise rehydration: effect of Na(+) and volume on restoration of fluid spaces and cardiovascular function.

Our purpose was to study the interaction between Na(+) content and fluid volume on rehydration (RH) and restoration of fluid spaces and cardiovascular (CV) function. Ten men completed four trials in which they exercised in a 35 degrees C environment until dehydrated by 2. 9% body mass, were rehydrated for 180 min, and exercised for an additional 20 min.

Anti-inflammatory doses of ibuprofen: effect on neutrophils and exercise-induced muscle injury.

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of anti-inflammatory doses of ibuprofen on neutrophils, neutrophil O2* production, and markers of muscle injury. Males (n=10) performed 2 bouts of one-arm eccentric exercise on opposite arms separated by three weeks. Subjects received 2400 mg x d(-1) of ibuprofen or a placebo 5 d before exercise and during 10 d of recovery.

Occupational exposure leading to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a utility company employee.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a newly recognized rodent-borne zoonosis. We report a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in an employee of a California utility company who was probably occupationally exposed to Sin Nombre virus. Environmental assessment and genetic comparison of the patient's hantavirus isolates to hantavirus isolates from rodents trapped at possible sites of exposure suggested that the patient contracted his infection at the work site.