Status:
COMPLETED
Study to Assess the Effect of Leucine Along With Resistance Exercise on Muscle Strength and Quality of Life in Elders
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Conditions:
Ageing
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a nutritional supplement with an amino acid called leucine along with resistance exercise are effective in the improvement of muscle strength and qual...
Detailed Description
Physiological aging is accompanied by functional loss and changes in different organs, including the skeletal muscle, with a progressive reduction in muscle mass. This is called physiological sarcopen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Over 70 years of age.
- Subjects capable of doing resistance exercise.
Exclusion
- Hospitalized patients.
- Disabled patients (i.e., not being able to exercise).
- Patients that usually train in resistance exercise.
- Patients with chronic renal failure.
- Patients with a fractured extremity during the last 6 months.
- Patients that follow diets with a protein restriction.
- Patients with oral nutritional support, enteral or parenteral nutrition.
- Patients in a low calorie diet to lose weight.
- Patients using pharmacological treatment with anorexigenic effects, anabolic steroids or corticosteroids.
- Patients with cognitive impairment or major psychiatric disorder.
- Non-signed informed consent.
- Any patient not capable to properly follow the treatment or not considered adequate by the researchers.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00929929
Start Date
December 1 2009
End Date
June 1 2013
Last Update
October 9 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 08036