Assessment of Physical Performance After Oral Supplementation of Magnesium in a Sample of Old Women in Good Health

University of Padova

Status: Completed

Conditions: Age Related Muscle Loss

Treatments: Other: healthy diet; Dietary Supplement: Mg oxide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01971424

2011491

Details and patient eligibility

About

Magnesium deficiency is associated also in the elderly with low physical performance; nevertheless trials about the effect of supplementation of magnesium on physical performance are not available in old people. The aim of our study is to investigate whether 12-weeks of oral magnesium supplementation improves physical performance in healthy elderly women

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People over 65 years, not residents in nursing home, in good health

Exclusion criteria

• previous supplementation of calcium, potassium or magnesium
• use of pump proton inhibitors or digitalis
• important co-mordidities such renal failure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Mg oxide

Experimental group

Description:

Participants were supplemented for 12-weeks with 300 mg of daily oral magnesium oxide.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Mg oxide

Other: healthy diet

Controls

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group was educated by a trained dietician to follow a healthy diet.