...K. J. ELLIOTT; N. T. CABLE; T. REILLY; M. J. DIVER To investigate the effect of changes in sex hormone concentration on muscle strength and the bioavailability of 17-β oestradiol (oestradiol) and testosterone, seven eumenorrheic females were tested during two phases of the menstrual cycle. Maximum...

... in these attacks. We studied the effect of hyperglycaemia and of the potassium channel opener pinacidil on insulin release and muscle strength in patients with hypokalaemic periodic paralysis. 2. Insulin release was assessed on two occasions in four patients with hypokalaemic periodic paralysis and in eight...

... ± 8.0%; P = 0.0005), as was muscle strength (349 ± 99 N versus 493 ± 215 N; P = 0.036). Following growth hormone replacement, muscle strength increased significantly ( P < 0.05). The 10/100% ratio also increased towards control values, but this change was not significant. 4. These results demonstrate...

... muscles acting across the joint [ 143 . This phenomenon has been called arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI) [2, 31. It has been sug- gested that AM1 contributes to the muscle atrophy that occurs with joint pathology [3], and may impede restoration of muscle strength, thus hinder- ing effective...

... of muscle strength and area after open medial meniscectomy. 2. A double-blind, completely randomized, placebo-controlled study was carried out on 20 healthy male patients. Muscle strength and cross-sectional area were determined before and after surgery. Patients were treated with drug or placebo for 4...

... in women; and that the loss is consistently and predominantly related to lack of use, rather than loss of health. 9 10 1992 2 11 1992 © 1993 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1993 age ageing disuse handgrip health muscle strength Clinical Science (1993...

... programmes there was a significant depletion of type II fibres. 3. Subjects with a relatively large reduction in strength or a small number of type I fibres demonstrated more depletion of these fibres than other subjects. 4. In patients with moderately reduced muscle strength and muscle fibre atrophy static...