Testosterone threshold levels and lean tissue mass targets needed to enhance skeletal muscle strength and function: The HORMA trial

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-129

  Sattler, Fred ^a,b   Bhasin, Shalender ^c   He, Jiaxiu ^a   Chou, Chih Ping ^a   Castaneda Sceppa, Carmen ^d   Yarasheski, Kevin ^e   Binder, Ellen ^f   Schroeder, E Todd ^b   Kawakubo, Miwa ^a   Zhang, Anqi ^c   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^d   Azen, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Lean body mass; Muscle performance; Physical function; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TESTOSTERONE; THINNESS;

EID: 79951591595     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq183     Document Type: Article

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