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Amputation Level and Prolactin: Features of the Hormonal Profile of Paralympic Athletes

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Purpose: to evaluate the effect of the level of the lower extremities’ traumatic amputation on the prolactin in Paralympic athletes. Materials and methods: medical examination data of 150 athletes with traumatic amputations of the lower extremities (members of national teams of the Russian Federation) was analyzed, athletes’ average age was 34,25 ± 9,17 years, were analyzed, among them women – 29 (19.3%), men – 121 (80.7%). Results: it was revealed that in Paralympic athletes with unilateral amputations, the level of prolactin was statistically significantly higher with loss of a limb at the hip level (163.00 and 227.40 µIU/ml, respectively, p = 0.004), when comparing hormone concentrations in athletes with bilateral amputations no statistically significant differences were found in the level of both legs and both thighs (p = 0.364). Conclusion: athletes with hip amputations have statistically significantly higher prolactin levels than athletes with calf amputations.

Source: A I Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center Clinical Bulletin

DOI: 10.33266/2782-6430-2024-3-34-37

Authors: S.Yu. Mikheev, V.I. Pustovoit, V.M. Mikheeva, FSBEI HE SPbSPMU of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia, K.A. Yurku, M.V. Ivanov

Institutions: State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - Federal Medical Biophysical Center named after A.I. Burnazyan, Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4403135614

FWCI: 0.274

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