Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adolescence is a crucial period for linear growth, and sports training during this time may have positive or negative effects on some physiological processes as growth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of intense training during somatic growth on the onset of puberty and growth development in adolescent wrestlers.Description of methods/design: Fifty adolescent male wrestlers and 21 sedentary healthy male controls aged 13...

Background and aim: Wrestling success depends on power, power endurance, and maximum strength, muscular endurance of short duration, flexibility as well as technique and tactical skills. Weight control and weight loss are also very important issues in the view of wrestling success. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the anthropometric features, serum lipoproteins, glucose homeostasis and leptin levels in Turkish National Senior Wrestlers and healthy sedentary males.</p...

Objectives: Mountain biking has become increasingly popular worldwide. Mountain bikes, are a common source of significant injuries including chronic overuse injuries affecting the genitourinary tract. Erectile dysfunction and infertility are some of the reported urogenital problems in male riders. Our aim was to evaluate the testicular function in male mountain bikers.Methods: Thirty male professional mountain bikers with a mean age of 23.4±2.5 year...