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Exercise Effects on Sarco-Osteopenia in Older Men

U

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Status

Completed

Conditions

Osteopenia
Sarcopenia

Treatments

Other: exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study determined the effects of predominately resistance type exercise in combination with protein supplements on parameters of sarcopenia and osteopenia (sarco-osteopenia) in older, community dwelling men with sarcopenia and -osteopenia over 18 months.

Enrollment

43 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

70+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Sarcopenia according to Baumgartner et al.(SMI: > -2 SD* T-Score)
  • Osteopenia at the lumbar spine or hip according to WHO (> -1 SD T-Score)
  • community dwelling people
  • able to transfer to our lab

Exclusion criteria

  • secondary osteoporosis
  • history of hip fracture
  • medication/diseases that relevantly affect muscle/bone metabolism (last 2 years)
  • alcohol abuses of more than 60 g/d ethanol
  • cardio-vascular diseases that prevent exercise
  • very low physical capacity that prevent exercise in a group setting

SD: Standard Deviation

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

43 participants in 2 patient groups

exercise and protein supplementation
Experimental group
Description:
Predominately resistance exercise training 2-3x week for 18 months; 1.5-1.7 g/kg/d total protein supplementation, Calcium and Vitamin-D-supplementation (i.e. 800 mg/800 IE/d)
Treatment:
Other: exercise
control
No Intervention group
Description:
Calcium and Vitamin-D-supplementation (i.e. 800 mg/800 IE/d)

Trial contacts and locations

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