OBJECTIVE To examine levels of C reactive protein in users of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) compared with age matched control groups consisting of AAS using (but abstinent)/resistance trained and non-drug using/sedentary controls. METHOD Subjects included AAS using bodybuilders (n = 10); bodybuilders who denied AAS use (n = 10); sedentary controls (n = 8). Venous blood was sampled, from ...

Background: The growing tendency to anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and prohibited substances misuse by female athletes is a new public health concern. Epidemiological studies in this field are necessary to introduce an effective preventive drug control program in gyms. This study directed to evaluate the prevalence of AAS and other banned substances use and...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS) use among bodybuilders in different cities of Pakistan. Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 380 bodybuilders utilizing convenience sampling from different cities of Pakistan, including Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Quetta, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad. The study was conducted over a period of ...

To determine whether strength-trained individuals with physiological concentric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy exhibit enhanced inotropic responses to catecholamines, we studied 11 bodybuilders, aged 33.0 +/- 2 (SE) yr old, and 10 sedentary healthy subjects, aged 31.3 +/- 2.4 yr old, at baseline and during infusion of incremental doses of dobutamine after atropine. The bodybuilders had large...

The aim of this study was to compare the pattern of force production and center of mass kinematics in maximal vertical jump performance between power athletes, recreational bodybuilders, and physically active subjects. Twenty-seven healthy male subjects (age: 24.5 +/- 4.3 years, height: 178.7 +/- 15.2 cm, and weight: 81.9 +/- 12.7 kg) with distinct training backgrounds were divided into 3 group...

In recent years, psychological issues in body-building have received much research attention. 1–4 Given both the popularity of training with weights and the many interesting psychological issues surrounding this phenomenon , research on such issues is clearly warranted. We were pleased therefore to see a recent study by Pickett et al 5 in this journal purporting to examine muscle dysmorphia and...

OBJECTIVES To find the relationship between anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) using and QT interval in athletes. METHODS Between January 1, 2005 and May 31, 2007, we examined QTc interval duration in 165 consecutive male professional bodybuilders [age: 32.1 +/- 4.6 years]. Of these, 79 were AAS users. The control group included 90 sedentary age and gender matched subjects [none of them were ...

The present study quantitatively examined the ethnographic social–psychological profile suggested by A. M. Klein (1993) for American bodybuilders using Israeli bodybuilders. Eighty male gym trainees and 80 men who have never trained completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Bem’s Sex Role Inventory, the Attitudes Toward Homosexuality (AHS) and the Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) Sc...