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Anabolic steroids and tendon rupture

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Tendon rupture:

  • contrary to the anabolic effects of androgens on bone and muscle, they have a paradoxical effect on tendons and ligaments
    • anecdotal reports have shown that athletes using anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) experience rupture of biceps and quadriceps tendons
      • ultrastructural analysis of tendons in rodents treated with anabolic steroids shows dysplasia of collagen fibrils

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