Muscle dysmorphia: a new syndrome in weightlifters * Commentary
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Muscle dysmorphia: a new syndrome in weightlifters.
AUTHOR:e-mail address please Recently more men have reported a desire for larger, more muscular bodies. Muscle dysmorphia (MD) is a new syndrome in which individuals (usually men), although highly muscular, have a pathological belief that they are of very small musculature. As more men are motivated to take up training with weights in order to develop greater musculature, more cases of MD are l...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.36.5.375