Creatine Supplementation and Cognition

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging; Cognition

Treatments: Other: Placebo (Dextrose); Other: Resistance training; Dietary Supplement: creatine supplementation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01164020

Creatine and Cognition

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women older than 60 years old

Exclusion criteria

• cardiovascular diseases or muscular disturbances precluding exercise training
• drugs affecting the cognition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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56 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

placebo control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

this only receives placebo (dextrose)

Treatment:

Other: Placebo (Dextrose)

placebo and exercise

Experimental group

Description:

this is trained and receives placebo

Treatment:

Other: Placebo (Dextrose)

Other: Resistance training

creatine supplementation

Experimental group

Description:

this is non-exercise trained and receives creatine supplementation

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: creatine supplementation

Creatine and Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

this is exercised trained and receives creatine supplementation

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: creatine supplementation

Other: Resistance training