Status:
UNKNOWN
Protein Supplementation and Muscle Function in the Elderly
Lead Sponsor:
Basque Health Service
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Hospital Universitario de Álava
Conditions:
Sarcopenia
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome associated with functional lost and disability, leading to an increase in healthcare costs. Physical activity, especially multicomponent exercise program, seems to b...
Detailed Description
Study protocol: Acute hospitalised, community-dwelling elderly patients will be recruited at internal medicine service of the Araba University Hospital (HUA). Patients that fulfil eligibility criteria...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age: \> 70 years
- Punctuation at the Mini Mental State Questionnaire (MMSE): \> or = 20.
- Any patient that fulfill the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) criteria for sarcopenia diagnosis.
- Anyone who is able to walk alone, to walk using a walking stick or a walking frame, or to walk using parallel walking bars.
- Anyone able to understand the instructions or what is being said.
- Anyone signing the informed consent.
Exclusion
- Chronic kidney disease
- To have suffered a heart attack in the last 3 months.
- To be unable to walk.
- To have suffered any fracture of the upper or lower limbs in the last 3 months.
- Anyone suffering from severe dementia.
- Autoimmune neuromuscular disorders (for example, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, inflammatory myopathies) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Anyone refusing to sign the informed consent, or anyone who does not agree to the study protocol.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 31 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 31 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
41 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03815201
Start Date
October 31 2017
End Date
January 31 2019
Last Update
January 24 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital Santiago Apostol
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Spain, 1004