Effects of exercise training intensity on nocturnal growth hormone secretion in obese adults with the metabolic syndrome.

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over).

Their objective was to examine the effects of 16 wk endurance training on spontaneous 12-h overnight GH secretion in adults with the metabolic syndrome.

Why It Was Studied

However, little is known about the effects of endurance training intensity on spontaneous GH release in obese individuals.

Who Took Part

The study group was 34 adults.

PubMed indexes the participants as adults and middle-aged adults, both men and women.

A total of 34 adults with the metabolic syndrome (mean +/- sem: age: 49.1 +/- 1.8 yr) participated.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as randomized.

The adults were allocated by chance, so the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) group and the comparison group should start out alike.

This randomized, controlled exercise intervention was conducted at the University of Virginia.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Body Composition, Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena, Circadian Rhythm, Exercise Therapy, Human Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I and Metabolic Syndrome.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) in 34 adults.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 4 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2009 (The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism), a journal based in United States.

More context: the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) compound page, all human trials.