• DOI:10.1056/nejm199607043350101
Corpus ID: 20418195

The effects of supraphysiologic doses of testosterone on muscle size and strength in normal men.

@article{Bhasin1996TheEO,
  title={The effects of supraphysiologic doses of testosterone on muscle size and strength in normal men.},
  author={S. Bhasin and T. W. Storer and N. Berman and C. Callegari and B. Clevenger and J. Phillips and T. Bunnell and R. Tricker and A. Shirazi and R. Casaburi},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={1996},
  volume={335 1},
  pages={
          1-7
        }
}

S. Bhasin, T. W. Storer, +7 authors R. Casaburi

Published 1996

Medicine

The New England journal of medicine

BACKGROUND Athletes often take androgenic steroids in an attempt to increase their strength. The efficacy of these substances for this purpose is unsubstantiated, however. METHODS We randomly assigned 43 normal men to one of four groups: placebo with no exercise; testosterone with no exercise; placebo plus exercise; and testosterone plus exercise. The men received injections of 600 mg of testosterone enanthate or placebo weekly for 10 weeks. The men in the exercise groups performed… CONTINUE READING

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