GH is needed for the maturation of muscle mass and strength in adolescents

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4765-4770

  Hulthén, Lena ^a   Bengtsson, Bengt Åke ^a   Sunnerhagen, Katharina Stibrant ^a   Hallberg, Leif ^a   Grimby, Gunnar ^a   Johannsson, Gudmundur ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HAND GRIP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034751289     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.10.4765     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Growth hormones and sex steroid interactions at puberty
2. Longitudinal monitoring of bone mass accumulation in healthy adolescents: Evidence for a marked reduction after 16 years of age at the levels of lumbar spine and femoral neck in female subjects
3. Growth and physical performance relative to the timing of the adolescent spurt
4. Bone gain in young adult women
5. Timing of peak bone mass in Caucasian females and its implication for the prevention of osteoporosis. Inference from a cross-sectional model
6. Bone mineral status in growth hormone-deficient males with isolated and multiple pituitary deficiencies of childhood onset
7. Muscle strength and speed of movement in relation to age and muscle morphology
8. Isometric and isokinetic knee extension and flexion torque in men and women aged 20-70
9. Beneficial effect of growth hormone treatment in GH-deficient adults
10. The accumulation of whole body skeletal mass in third- and fourth-grade children: Effects of age, gender, ethnicity, and body composition
11. Discontinuation of growth hormone (GH) treatment: Metabolic effects in GH-deficient and GH-sufficient adolescent patients compared with control subjects
12. Mode of infant feeding and achieved growth in adolescence: Early feeding patterns in relation to growth and body composition in adolescence
13. Two years of growth hormone (GH) treatment increases isometric and isokinetic muscle strength in GH-deficient adults
14. Force-velocity relations and fiber composition in human knee extensor muscle
15. Grip force in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia and in healthy subjects. A study with Grippit instrument
16. On the reliability and usefulness of methods for grip strength measurement
17. Pathophysiology of the neuroregulation of growth hormone secretion in experimental animals and the human
18. Impaired growth hormone secretion in the adult population. Relation to age and adiposity
19. Effect of recombinant human growth hormone on the muscle strength response to resistance exercise in elderly men
20. The endocrinology of aging
21. Body-composition assessment by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in subjects aged 4-26 y
22. Changes in force, cross-sectional area and neural activation during strength training and detraining of the human quadriceps
23. Muscle strength and electromyogram in boys and girls followed through puberty
24. Continuation of growth hormone (GH) replacement in GH-deficient patients during transition from childhood and adulthood: A two-year placebo-controlled study
25. Changes in skeletal muscle and body composition after discontinuing of growth hormone treatment in growth hormone deficient adults
26. Influence of puberty on muscle area and cortical bone area of the forearm in boys and girls
27. Treatment of adults with growth hormone (GH) deficiency with recombinant human GH
28. Quality of life of adults with growth hormone deficiency: A controlled study