Mechanical muscle function and lean body mass during supervised strength training and testosterone therapy in aging men with low-normal testosterone levels

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 957-962

  Kvorning, Thue ^a   Christensen, Louise L ^a   Madsen, Klavs ^b   Nielsen, Jakob L ^a   Gejl, Kasper D ^a   Brixen, Kim ^a   Andersen, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aging; lean body mass; muscle strength; strength training; testosterone (therapy)

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; ANDROGENS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE; THINNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879138474     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12279     Document Type: Article

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