Effects of Whey Protein Intervention on Body Composition and Muscle Function in the Elderly With Sacropenia

Huilian Zhu

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: protein supplement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02490410

CNS-YILI2014-034

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of different dose of whey protein intervention(in a daily dose of 0g, 10g, 20g) on lean body mass,body fat composition and muscular function state in the elderly with sacropenia.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People aged over 65 years.
• Usual gait speed less than 0.8m/s.
• Willing to participate in the study, consume the test product and perform all measurements.

Exclusion criteria

• nervous system disease.
• Other diseases with movement disorder such as stroke,fracture,arthritis.
• people who unconsciousness and can not complete questionnaire
• long-term regular use of protein and antioxidant.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

whey protein

Experimental group

Description:

2 x 10g whey protein per day orally for 6 months

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: protein supplement

whey protein+soy protein

Other group

Description:

10g whey protein + 10g soy protein per day orally for 6 months

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: protein supplement

soy protein

Other group

Description:

2 x 10g soy protein per day orally for 6 months

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: protein supplement