Chemistry:Testosterone-cortisol ratio
In human biology, the testosterone-cortisol ratio describes the ratio between testosterone, the primary male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid, and cortisol, another steroid hormone, in the human body.[1] The ratio is often used as a biomarker of physiological stress in athletes during training, during athletic performance, and during recovery, and has been explored as a predictor of performance.[1][2][3] At least among weight-lifters, the ratio tracks linearly with increases in training volume over the first year of training but the relationship breaks down after that.[1] A lower ratio in weight-lifters just prior to performance appears to predict better performance.[1]
The ratio has been studied as a possible biomarker for criminal aggression, but as of 2009 its usefulness was uncertain.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Unique aspects of competitive weightlifting: performance, training and physiology". Sports Medicine 42 (9): 769–90. September 2012. doi:10.1007/BF03262294. PMID 22873835.
- ↑ "The use of recovery methods post-exercise". Journal of Sports Sciences 23 (6): 619–27. June 2005. doi:10.1080/02640410400021302. PMID 16195010.
- ↑ "Physiological changes associated with the pre-event taper in athletes". Sports Medicine 34 (13): 891–927. 2004. doi:10.2165/00007256-200434130-00003. PMID 15487904. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8228727.
- ↑ "The testosterone-cortisol ratio: A hormonal marker for proneness to social aggression". International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 32 (4): 216–23. 2009-06-01. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.04.008. PMID 19446881.
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