ReviewJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology2020
Various Factors May Modulate the Effect of Exercise on Testosterone Levels in Men.
Review in Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07134439 (Identifying Fundamental Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Ageing in Older Men Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Identifying Fundamental Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Ageing in Older Men Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy: a Feasibility Study
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Role and Regulation of Intramuscular Sex Hormones in Skeletal Muscle: A Systematic Review.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Pooled it
- Intermittent Fasting May Enhance Resistance Training Effects on the Body Composition of Obese Males, Without Affecting Muscular Strength and Anabolic Index.Journal of obesity · 2026Trial
- Correlation between physiological and biochemical variables during short term adequate protein intake combined with resistance exercise in sedentary adults.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Long-Term Bovine Colostrum Supplementation in Football Players.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Male fertility as an integral reflection of metabolic, endocrine, and musculoskeletal health.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- Understanding the Secular Decline in Testosterone: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Clinical Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Testosterone and Obesity in an Aging Society.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Vitamin D Associated with Exercise Can Be Used as a Promising Tool in Neurodegenerative Disease Protection.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Exploring the role of hemodilution in the inverse association between obesity and testosterone concentrations in men.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2025Article
- Lifestyle in flux: urbanization, dietary shifts, and endocrine health in emerging adulthood.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Article
- L-Arginine and Nitric Oxide in Vascular Regulation-Experimental Findings in the Context of Blood Donation.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Vitamin D and its relationship to performance and health during a competitive period in elite women's basketball and volleyball players.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Association of Sexual Health and Mental Health in Erectile Dysfunction: Expert Opinion From the Indian Context.Cureus · 2025Review
- Sex Differences in Blood Accumulation of Neurodegenerative-Related Proteins and Antioxidant Responses to Regular Physical Exercise.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2024Article
- Interactions between Stress Levels and Hormonal Responses Related to Sports Performance in Pro Women's Basketball Team.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Moderate Endurance Exercise Increases Arrhythmia Susceptibility and Modulates Cardiac Structure and Function in a Sexually Dimorphic Manner.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Mechanistic Insight into Physical Activity Pleiotropy in Cancer Prevention.Exercise, sport & movement · 2024Article
- Original salivary sex hormone data of naturally menstruating athletes and hormonal contraceptive users.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- The role of anti-aging approaches in managing hypogonadism in sedentary older males.Frontiers in aging · 2024Review
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Abstract
Exercise has been proposed to increase serum testosterone concentrations. The analysis of existing literature demonstrates a large degree of variability in hormonal changes during exercise. In our manuscript, we summarized and reviewed the literature, and concluded that this variability can be explained by the effect of numerous factors, such as (a) the use of different types of exercise (e.g., endurance vs. resistance); (b) training intensity and/or duration of resting periods; (c) study populations (e.g., young vs. elderly; lean vs. obese; sedentary vs. athletes); and (d) the time point when serum testosterone was measured (e.g., during or immediately after vs. several minutes or hours after the exercise). Although exercise increases plasma testosterone concentrations, this effect depends on many factors, including the aforementioned ones. Future studies should focus on clarifying the metabolic and molecular mechanisms whereby exercise may affect serum testosterone concentrations in the short and long-terms, and furthermore, how this affects downstream mechanisms.
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