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Protein and Exercise to Counteract Frailty in Older Adults

NCT03842579 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2020-05-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of interventions with high-protein diet alone or in combination with resistance training on muscle mechanical function (muscle power and strength), frailty status, functional performance, muscle mass and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Physical Frailty

Interventions

OTHER

Resistance training

Supervised progressive explosive type heavy-resistance training two times per week

OTHER

High-protein diet

Daily supplementation with milk-based protein-rich products

OTHER

Recommendations

Provided with the official national recommendations on nutrition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Metropolitan University College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Municipality of Odense, Denmark

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Arla Foods

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paolo Caserotti, PhD · University of Southern Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-13
Primary Completion
2021-06-01
Completion
2021-06-01

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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