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Testosterone and Muscle Strength in the Elderly

April 12, 2011 by  
Filed under Testosterone - Men

Researchers writing in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society suggest that testosterone/DHT therapy may produce a moderate increase in muscle strength in men age 65 and over.

Ottenbacher KJ, Ottenbacher ME, Ottenbacher AJ, Acha AA, Ostir GV. Androgen treatment and muscle strength in elderly men: A meta-analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Nov;54(11):1666-73

The researchers reviewed published, randomized trials examining the effect of androgen treatment (Testosterone or dihydrotestosterone (DHT)) on muscle strength in older men age 65 and over.

What they found was: “larger effects for measures of lower extremity muscle strength than for upper extremity muscle strength” and “injected than topical or oral administration of testosterone/DHT.”

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