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Dietary Interventions for Muscle Mass

NCT01145131 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2011-09-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Dietary intervention to prevent sarcopenia in elderly people. The objective of this study is to test whether meat structure plays an important role in protein digestion, to maximise the amino acid availability and to stimulate the muscle protein growth in elderly people.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

OTHER

Intact or minced beef meat

135 gram piece of intact or minced beef meat, beef steak or minced beef resp.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • B Pennings, Ir · Maastricht University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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