All nine members of the Tufts University men\u2019s lacrosse team who were hospitalized this month with the rare muscle injury rhabdomyolysis have been discharged, and the university says it has hired experts to investigate what led to so many serious injuries after a training session. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to express how grateful we are that the team members have returned to good health,\u201d the university\u2019s president, Sunil Kumar, and two deans wrote Wednesday in an update to students. <\/p>\n
The players became unwell after a \u201cvoluntary, supervised\u201d 45-minute workout September 16 led by a university alumnus who\u2019d graduated recently from the BUD\/S Navy SEAL training program, according to Patrick Collins, executive director of media relations for the Boston-area university. BUD\/S stands for Basic Underwater Demolition\/SEAL training. <\/p>\n
About 50 players participated in the workout, and nine were hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis, also known as rhabdo, a condition in which muscles break down and leak their components into the bloodstream. In serious cases, it can cause damage to the kidneys and other organs. The condition is relatively rare and can be life-threatening, according to the Cleveland Clinic. <\/p>\n
Tufts, whose men\u2019s lacrosse team won the division championship in May, said it hired D. Rod Walters II, whom the university called \u201ca nationally recognized expert in the care and prevention of student-athlete injuries,\u201d and attorney Randy Aliment of the law firm Lewis Brisbois to investigate what contributed to the injuries and to assess the university\u2019s response. <\/p>\n
\u201cA typical time of year when we see it in athletes is in the off-season or getting ramped back up,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s unusual but not unheard-of for multiple members of a team to get rhabdomyolysis at the same time. Clusters of cases among athletes have been observed among college football players in Iowa in 2011 and swimmers in South Carolina in 2007. <\/p>\n
Sikka also noted that certain nutritional supplements, including increased caffeine and creatine, can add to the risk of the condition, although it\u2019s not clear whether those played any role in the cases at Tufts. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe know you have lots of questions,\u201d the Tufts officials wrote in their letter Wednesday. \u201cFrankly, we do as well.\u201d <\/p>\n
The university leaders said they were \u201cfollowing investigative best practices by refraining from making public statements to avoid unintentionally influencing the direction of the independent investigation,\u201d and would share the findings when the investigation concludes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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