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Trial reportThe Journal of physiology2025

Clenbuterol induces lean mass and muscle protein accretion, but attenuates cardiorespiratory fitness and desensitizes muscle β

Morten Hostrup, Lukas Moesgaard, Mads Fischer, Kate Aiko Wickham, Mads Pleshardt, Andreas Breenfeldt Andersen, Jacob Bejder, Martin Thomassen, Jens J Nielsen, Yvette Dehnes and 3 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in The Journal of physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Morten HostrupThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6201-2483
Lukas MoesgaardThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6501-322X
Mads FischerThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6403-1100
Kate Aiko WickhamThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mads PleshardtThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Andreas Breenfeldt AndersenResearch Unit for Exercise Biology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jacob BejderThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Martin ThomassenThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7503-6815
Jens J NielsenThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Yvette DehnesNorwegian Doping Control Laboratory, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Jens BangsboThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1305-9274
Nikolai B NordsborgThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7077-9265
Søren JessenThe August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Funding

Anti Doping Danmark (ADD) N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The β

Indexed as

Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsCardiorespiratory FitnessClenbuterolMuscle ProteinsMuscle, SkeletalReceptors, Adrenergic, beta-2AdolescentAdultBody CompositionHumansMaleSignal TransductionYoung AdultAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsClenbuterolMuscle ProteinsReceptors, Adrenergic, beta-2dopingmuscle hypertrophyrepartitioningβ‐adrenergic receptorβ‐agonist

Identifiers

PMID40946331
PMCPMC12487599

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