Do anabolic steroids destroy your tendons?

This video will give you a concise and scientifically backed summary re. the effects that anabolic steroids have on tendons.

As promised in the video, I have linked the cited material below.

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Kourosh from Kourosh Foroughi Fit!

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jor.24116 : Anabolic Steroids and Tendons: A Review of Their Mechanical, Structural, and Biologic Effects – (2018)

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https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.974.9323&rep=rep1&type=pdf : The Effects of Anabolic Steroids on Rat Tendon (1995)

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0363546515602010 : Kanayama et al 2015 study on ruptured tendons of AAs users

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https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.01417.2012 SEYNES ET AL 2013 effect of AAS on tendon properties

• https://journals.lww.com/jaaosglobal/fulltext/2022/01000/anabolic_androgenic_steroids_in_orthopaedic.1.aspx Current Concepts and Clinical Applications

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717808/ Imbalances in the Development of Muscle and Tendon as Risk Factor for Tendinopathies (lit review)

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-185X.1965.tb00808.x : STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MAMMALIAN TENDON (early study 1965)