HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE HGH

Therapy with hgh can restore muscle strength to adults with adult onset growth hormone deficiency, based on a study carried out by scientists from Goteborg University in Sweden, and printed in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Deficiency in growth hormone is considerably more frequent in children than in grown ups, affecting one out of every 3,800 live births. Children with untreated hgh deficiency encounter delayed maturation and growth, and may reach maximum adult heights as low as 4 feet to 5 feet 6 inches.

Growth hormone deficiency may occur in children, usually due to genetic factors or in grown ups usually due to tumors of the pituitary gland. Roughly 1 in every 10 million adults suffers from adult on set growth hormone deficiency, which leads to reduced muscle strength and excess body fat. Researchers treated 109 such adults for 10 years with growth hormone replacement treatment. The average participant age was 50. For the first 5 years of treatment, the researchers observed a steady increase in muscle strength and muscle mass. Particularly, there were notable raises in knee flexor, upper leg and handgrip strength. For the second 5 years of therapy, muscle strength began to decrease again. Once experts adjusted for the normal declines envisioned due to the effects of aging, however, they found that muscle strength continued to increase. By the end of the 10-year study period, muscle strength had reached normal levels for participator age and sex.

Hgh treatment has only been shown to marginally increase muscle mass in adults without adeficiency, and side effects are frequent. No studies have suggested that long-term growth hormone therapy is safe in non-deficient adults.

Other studys into growth hormone replacing therapy in adults has indicated that the treatment can not only enhance muscle strength, but also increase bone density and decrease body fat.