Endocrine Journal
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Evaluation of the isokinetic muscle strength, balance and anaerobic performance in patients with young male hypogonadism
Umit AydoganAli ErogluHalil AkbulutYavuz YildizDeniz Engin GokAlper SonmezTaner AydinErol BoluKenan Saglam
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2012 Volume 59 Issue 4 Pages 321-327

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Hypogonadism is a clinical condition that occurs due to infrequent abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis in adolescence. Symptoms include weakening of muscle and bone strength. 30 young male patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) and 20 healthy young males were included in the present study. Quadriceps and hamstring muscle strength, balance and anaerobic performance capacities of the study group were measured both before and six months after Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). The strength of the extensor and flexor muscles of both legs showed a statistically significant increase in the isokinetic test values at 600/sec and 1800/sec angular velocity (p < 0.05). When the parameters related to balance were investigated, a statistically significant difference was found for stability indices of left and right between pre-TRT and post-TRT (p = 0.001 for both comparisons). According to the patients’ anaerobic performance measurement results, a statistically significant improvement (p < 0.001) was also found between pre-TRT and post-TRT values for each parameter. It was shown that TRT significantly increases muscle strength, balance, and anaerobic performance of patients with male CHH. As a result, we absolutely recommend the use of TRT in patients with male CHH.

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