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Effects of Parmigiano Reggiano on Skeletal Muscle Damage in Older Adults

NCT04872374 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2021-05-04

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Summary

Aging is associated with the loss of muscle mass and function (sarcopenia) and reduced tissue regenerative capacity.

Eccentric exercise (ECC) is a model of RET that can be used with the elderly, due to the ability of the muscle to combine high muscle strength production with low energy cost. ECC contractions are significantly more damaging to the muscles and produce greater muscle strength, for these reasons there is a greater risk of inducing muscle damage before the muscle is able to adapt.

Parmigiano Reggiano (PR) has some peculiar bromatological characteristics. The proteins contained in it, and in particular the potentially bioactive peptide sequences, can rapidly provide the amino acids necessary to promote muscle growth and repair during exercise. Furthermore, PR can be an important source of fatty acids, of which a significant amount of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) which are known to have important clinical effects on body composition and metabolic health and can have a systemic anti-inflammatory effect.

Therefore, the central hypothes is that PR consumed during RET can provide more energy substrates and improve muscle recovery. To date, no studies have studied its function on recovery from exercise nor in the elderly.

Conditions

  • Old Age; Atrophy
  • Inflammatory Response
  • Muscle Soreness

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Parmigiano Reggiano

subjects will receive 50 g/die of the dietary supplement 10 days before performing the eccentric exercise session

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Whey Protein

subjects will receive 20 g/die of the dietary supplement 10 days before performing the eccentric exercise session

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Padova

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-01
Primary Completion
2021-10-31
Completion
2022-03-01

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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