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Preserving Muscle Mass and Function in Bedridden Older Adults

NCT01846130 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 123

Last updated 2019-01-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators propose that low-intensity exercise and supplementing daily meals with leucine or whey will independently and synergistically reduce the deleterious effects of inactivity on skeletal muscle and facilitate recovery during rehabilitation.

Conditions

  • Bed Rest

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Leucine

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Whey protein

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Doug Paddon-Jones, Ph.D. · University of Texas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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