The complexity and redundancy of the endocrine pathways during recovery related to
anabolic function in the body belie an oversimplistic approach to its study. The purpose of …

Prolonged unaccustomed exercise involving muscle lengthening (eccentric) actions can
result in ultrastructural muscle disruption, impaired excitation–contraction coupling …

Multiple studies have demonstrated a role for platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in accelerating and
facilitating response to injury. The cellular response to injury progresses through four …

OBJECTIVE: Resistance exercise (RE) stimulates growth hormone (GH) secretion in a load-
dependent manner, with heavier loads producing larger GH responses. However, new …

Collagen is the predominant structural protein in tendons and ligaments, and can be
controlled by hormonal changes. In animals, injections of insulin‐like growth factor I (IGF‐I) …

Introduction: The majority of young women use oral contraceptives (OCs). Use of OCs has
been associated with lower myofibrillar protein and tendon collagen synthesis rates, but it is …

Tenocytes serve to synthesize and maintain collagen fibrils and other extracellular matrix
proteins in tendon. Despite the high prevalence of tendon injury, the underlying biologic …

Obesity is an excessive accumulation or expansion of adipose tissue (AT) due to an
increase in either the size and/or number of its characteristic cell type, the adipocyte. As one …

The last two decades have seen resurgence in research focused on adipose tissue. In part,
the enhanced interest stems from an alarming increase in obesity rates worldwide. However …

Abstract Since Fritz De Quervain first postulated stenosing tenosynovitis within the radial
dorsum of the wrist, much research has been conducted to provide further insights. De …