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When untrained young men do strength training, a special scan called pQCT can show changes in muscle density that match changes in muscle fiber size, suggesting this scan might help track muscle growth without surgery.
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The study did the same kind of exercise training as the claim and found that when muscle density measured by a scan increased, the area inside muscle cells also increased, backing up the idea that the scan can track these changes.
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