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Creatine Supplementation and Cognition

NCT01164020 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2013-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Resistance training as well as creatine supplementation may be beneficial for cognitive function, such as memory and attention. Therefore, the investigators speculate that resistance training combined with creatine supplementation would promote additive benefits on cognitive function in elderly women.

Conditions

  • Cognition
  • Aging

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

creatine supplementation

20g/d for 7 days followed by 5g/d for 23 weeks

OTHER

Placebo (Dextrose)

20g/d for 7 days followed by 5g/d for 23 weeks

OTHER

Resistance training

resistance training twice a week for 24 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruno Gualano, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

  • Antonio H Lancha Junior, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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