title: Effect of short-term physical exercise on serum total testosterone levels in young adults.
abstract: The effect of short term (12 weeks) physical exercise on serum total testosterone level was evaluated in 30 young male adults, aged 18-27 years (mean age 21.67±2.26 years). These medical students, having sedentary life style underwent heavy exercise by attaining heart rate 125-150 beats/min on bicycle ergometer for 15 min on alternate day basis amounted to 670 kilopond metre per minute work done and percentage of VO2max was 71±3. Pre-exercise serum total testosterone levels (5.49±1.31) of students were compared with those obtained after 1 week and 12 weeks of initiation of exercise. The serum total testosterone was measured by DRG Testosterone ELISA kit. After 1 week of exercise, a statistically insignificant decrease (5.488±1.32; P>0.05) was found while after 12 weeks of exercise, a statistically significant increase (6.41±2.28 P<0.05) was noticed between the pre-and post-exercise serum total testosterone levels. We conclude that short-term exercise produces an elevation in serum testosterone levels in young adults.
authors.forename: Satendri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.forename: Jalaj
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Dolly
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015444:Exercise; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D013337:Students, Medical; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors; D015854:Up-Regulation; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone