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Forbidden fruit for athletes, but possible divine blessing for rehabilitation: testosterone

Testosterone is regarded as an attractive supplement for obtaining masculinity and sexuality; however, there have been pros and cons regarding its application as a treatment. In addition, there is also conventional repulsion on adoption of testosterone to any kind of exercise to anyone with concern...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chung, Kyung-Jin, Kim, Khae-Hawn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25830137
http://dx.doi.org/10.12965/jer.150191
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Sumario:Testosterone is regarded as an attractive supplement for obtaining masculinity and sexuality; however, there have been pros and cons regarding its application as a treatment. In addition, there is also conventional repulsion on adoption of testosterone to any kind of exercise to anyone with concern with sports. However, we should keep in mind that in terms of rehabilitation, our main concern is not fairness but efficiency. And there are obvious advantages of testosterone in recovery and rejuvenation. We aim to introduce the possibility of testosterone in recovery and rejuvenation and are to bring up a topic the application of testosterone in exercise rehabilitation. Considering the light and darkness in testosterone, moderate use of testosterone under professional medication counseling might be an effective possibility to those with sickness and illness and should be considered as a possible option to assist the recovery from frailty and illness.