Effect of administration of oral contraceptives in vivo on collagen synthesis in tendon and muscle connective tissue in young women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1435-1443

  Hansen, M ^a,d   Miller, B F ^b   Holm, L ^a   Doessing, S ^a   Petersen, S G ^a   Skovgaard, D ^a   Frystyk, J ^c   Flyvbjerg, A ^c   Koskinen, S ^a   Pingel, J ^a   Kjaer, M ^a   Langberg, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bone; Estrogen; Ethinyl estradiol; Exercise; Insulin like growth factor I

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COLLAGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS GESTODENE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTIMATE; LINDYNETTE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GROWTH HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BONE; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; KINETICS; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROLINE; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149099622     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90933.2008     Document Type: Article

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