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Natural Killer Cell Activity Following 6 Weeks Of Strength Training In Healthy Young Males With/Without Testosterone Enanthate Administration, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Robert Weatherby, Glen Deakin, Rosanne Coutts, Rudi Meir, Paul Connellan, Lesley Stevenson, Shane Rogerson, Shi Zhou
Natural Killer Cell Activity Following 6 Weeks Of Strength Training In Healthy Young Males With/Without Testosterone Enanthate Administration, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Robert Weatherby, Glen Deakin, Rosanne Coutts, Rudi Meir, Paul Connellan, Lesley Stevenson, Shane Rogerson, Shi Zhou
Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik
There is limited information on the acute immune response to resistance-training programs in combination with short-term administration of the anabolic androgenic steroid, testosterone enanthate (TE), in healthy young males. Eighteen healthy young men were match-paired and randomly assigned in a double-blind manner to either a TE or a placebo (PG) group. All subjects performed a structured resistance-training program while receiving injection of either TE at the dosage of 3.5 mg per kilogram body mass, or saline as placebo, once weekly for 6 weeks. A 10-second all-out cycle sprint test was conducted at the beginning (Week 0) and end (Week 6) …