TY  - JOUR
T1  - ALbuminuria and hematuria in boxers
AU  - Flood FB
Y1  - 1959/11/21
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1959.73010300001014
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1678
EP  - 1679
VL  - 171
IS  - 12
N2  - The literature contains only a few reports concerning albuminuria and hematuria in boxers. The first article, reporting on 103 boxers, appeared in 1954.1 Since then, only one further study has been made, on a larger series of 764 fighters.2 A recent Army boxing tournament at Fort Bliss, Texas, afforded the opportunity to study the problem further; the present study is the first report concerning amateur boxers.Materials and Method 
    Forty-three paired specimens of urine were obtained from 35 boxers, one before and one immediately after each bout. Five boxers fought two bouts and one participated in three bouts. The urine specimens were tested for blood with the benzidine test and screened for albumin with use of Uristix strips. We used the criteria of Hepler3 who stated that results of the benzidine test for blood are considered positive only if the urine contains 12 or more erythrocytes per
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1959.73010300001014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.73010300001014
ER  -