Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of administration of an anabolic steroid (AS) without the addition of specific training in stroke patients by measuring the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the thigh. DESIGN: Twenty-six hemiplegic stroke patients during subacute rehabilitation were randomly assigned to a metenolone enanthate (ME) administration group or a control group (CT group). In the ME group, ME (100 mg) was injected intramuscularly weekly for 6 wks in the ME group. The CSA of the bilateral thigh muscles was measured using computed tomography. Motor subscore of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM-M) was assessed before the experimental period. RESULTS: At the end of 6 wks, the CSA increase in the ME group (13.4%, affected side; 14.5%, unaffected side) was significantly larger than that in the CT group (3.3%, affected side; 5.2%, unaffected side). Correlation coefficients between the initial FIM-M score and the CSA increase at 6 wks were -0.754 for the affected side and -0.567 for the unaffected side in the ME group and 0.199 for the affected side and 0.431 for the unaffected side in the CT group. CONCLUSIONS: ME administration is effective for improving muscle CSA and, thus, muscle strengthening in stroke rehabilitation. The CSA increase in the ME group was most prominent in patients with a low initial FIM-M score.
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Authors | Sayaka Okamoto, Shigeru Sonoda, Genichi Tanino, Ken Tomida, Hideto Okazaki, Izumi Kondo |
Journal | American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
(Am J Phys Med Rehabil)
Vol. 90
Issue 2
Pg. 106-11
(Feb 2011)
ISSN: 1537-7385 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21173687
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Anabolic Agents
- Methenolone
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Topics |
- Aged
- Anabolic Agents
(administration & dosage)
- Anatomy, Cross-Sectional
- Disability Evaluation
- Female
- Hemiplegia
(rehabilitation)
- Humans
- Injections, Intramuscular
- Male
- Methenolone
(administration & dosage)
- Muscle Strength
(drug effects)
- Muscle, Skeletal
(anatomy & histology, diagnostic imaging)
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Thigh
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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