SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Effects of testosterone-augmented multimodal exercise intervention in spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- A double-blind trial tested whether testosterone augments exercise rehabilitation after spinal cord injury.
- Who / model studied
- 84 adults with spinal cord injury, including 76 men and 8 women.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Intramuscular testosterone undecanoate or placebo for 16 weeks; both groups received electrical-stimulation leg cycling and arm exercise. Dose was not specified in the abstract.
- What the study found
- Testosterone added 1.84 kg whole-body lean mass versus control (95% CI 0.52-3.16). The primary aerobic-capacity comparison was not significant. Adverse-event rates were similar.
- Limitations & context
- Abstract-based assessment. Lean mass is not synonymous with contractile muscle. Within-group fitness improvements do not establish superiority; rehabilitation findings cannot establish healthy-lifter benefits.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgag173