Clinical Endocrinology1999Open Access

Growth hormone and exercise

Paul J. Jenkins

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Abstract

This review summarizes the interactions between GH and exercise. Not only does exercise have profound effects upon the GH/IGF-I axis per se, but there is increasing evidence that such physiological perturbations might be influential in the performance responses to repeated training. However, the effects of systemic administration of rGH in restoring exercise capability and muscle strength in GH deficient adults and the ergogenic benefits of GH doping amongst athletes remain unproven. What is certain is that these issues will be of increasing relevance to clinical endocrinologists.

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DOI10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00784.x
JournalClinical Endocrinology
Year1999
AuthorsPaul J. Jenkins
LicenseOpen Access — see publisher for license terms
Citations86