Muscle Strength and Power, Maximum Oxygen Consumption, and Body Composition in Middle-Aged Short-stature Adults with Childhood-onset Growth Harmone Deficiency

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-83

  Sartorio, Alessandro ^a   Agosti, Fiorenza ^a   De Col, Alessandra ^a   Mazzilli, Giuliana ^a   Marazzi, Nicoletta ^a   Busti, Carlo ^a   Galli, Raffaela ^a   Lafortuna, Claudio L ^b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; GH deficiency; Maximum oxygen consumption; Muscle power; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SHORT STATURE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 36749085894     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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