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+<br>Ovarian steroids such as estrogen and progesterone have been reported to influence knee laxity. This would result in increased impedance mismatch, differences in stiffness between connected tissues, that can produce strain concentrations, and promote injury. The result may be a bigger, stronger muscle pulling on a small brittle tendon that is in turn connected to a stiffer bone. Estrogen directly modulates both IGF-1 and IGF binding proteins (Hansen et al., 2009b) and can therefore mediate its positive effects through an increase in IGF-1 signaling. One interesting possible explanation for how estrogen could increase collagen content is related to an indirect effect on insulin-like growth factor  [61.145.163.246](http://61.145.163.246:3000/brittanyboulto) (IGF)-1. We have yet to determine whether the increase in collagen content was the result of a change in collagen synthesis or incorporation (Lee C. A. et al., 2015); however, the decrease in stiffness correlated with a decrease in LOX activity. When OVX rats are treated with genistein, a natural isoflavone phytoestrogen, collagen content within the Achilles is returned to control levels (Ramos et al., 2012).
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+Indeed, in subjects with hypothyroidism, glycosaminoglycans deposition in the extracellular matrix explains the pathogenesis of stiff joints and carpal tunnel syndrome and may predispose to tendon calcification13. This effect can be important during tendon-healing and repair, when active proliferation is required25. Paradoxically, similar conclusions have been reached in studies performed in ovariectomized rats, i.e. in conditions of hormonal deprivation22. The clinical observations previously reported have prompted a huge amount of experimental research aimed to explore the intimate mechanisms of action of hormones on tendons (Tab. II). Also in asymptomatic subjects the thickness of the A1 pulley is higher than in the normal population, as well as the thickness of the heel tendons20. This condition, which affects the flexor pollicis longus or flexor digitorum tendons, is caused by the entrapment of the affected tendon at first annular pulley, due to proliferation and fibrosis of the sheath and/or to some localized tendon thickening20. Symptomatic flexor tenosynovitis (trigger finger) is an early manifestation found in 25% of patients.
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+Biochemical investigations have shown that collagen synthesis was decreased with an increased ratio of type III to type I collagen32. Hyperthyroidism is accompanied by increased catabolism of both soluble and insoluble collagen, whereas hypothyroidism has opposite effects. The activity of the extracellular MMP-2 is increased, as well as cell apoptosis both in muscles and tendons23.
+Muscle mass is largely dependent on the balance between the synthesis and degradation of muscle protein. Even though higher rates of protein turnover might be expected to improve muscle quality, these women still experience a rapid decrease in muscle mass and strength, and as a result are more vulnerable to age-related frailty (Hansen and Kjaer, 2014). These data suggest that in the absence of estrogen, muscle is more prone to injury, and this limits regrowth (McClung et al., 2006). For an excellent review on this topic, see the recent review by Cauley et al. on estrogen and bone health in men and women (Cauley, 2015). There is a vast literature on the effects of estrogen on bone structure and function and therefore this topic will not be addressed in the current work.
+It is well known that elderly individuals show lower content of structural proteins in tendons, reduced magnetic resonance imaging tendon signal intensities, and an increase in tendon cross-links due to advanced glycation end products deposition. In synthesis, results obtained in different experimental conditions lead to the concordant conclusion that GH/IGF-1 supplementation has positive effects which can favour tendon healing in humans. This confirms that GH stimulatory effects on tendinous collagen synthesis involves local IGF-1 production50. Systemic IGF-1 remained unchanged, but interstitial IGF-I increased in GH treated tendons compared with saline treated tendons. IGF-1 injection promotes tendon and ligament healing after collagenase-induced tissue atrophy or ligament disruption48. As far as PTH is concerned, several studies have shown that recombinant PTH (rhPTH) accelerates bone healing and increases chondrocyte recruitment and differentiation44. To add complexity, it is also feasible that the ability for IGF-1 to bind to its receptor in skeletal muscle and tendon is mediated indirectly by the binding proteins.
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