Status
Conditions
Treatments
Study type
Funder types
Identifiers
About
This is an empirical study, which aims to examine the effect of a 12-week combined exercise-nutrition intervention in older adults with sarcopenia and to provide data for clinical and policy decision-making of sarcopenia. The study conducts the combined exercise-nutrition intervention that was previously carried out as a randomized controlled trial. Hand grip strength, gait speed, knee extensor muscle power, physical performance, muscle mass using DEXA, quality of life, activities of daily living, sarcopenia screening questionnaire, nutritional assessment will be evaluated on baseline, 12-weeks and 24-weeks after intervention.
Full description
The definition of sarcopenia is age-related loss of skeletal muscle and physical functions. Sarcopenia is emerging health problem and increases medical expenditure as the population ages. Sarcopenia is closely related to chronic diseases and geriatric diseases. In particular, patients with metabolic syndrome showed a high prevalence of muscle loss and muscle weakness. It has been reported exercise in sarcopenia patients not only improved insulin sensitivity and physical performance but also helped the treatment of the diseases. Also, it has recently demonstrated that combined exercise-nutrition intervention improved muscle function in elderly patients. However, the standard protocol for the combined exercise-nutrition intervention has not been established yet. Therefore, this study aims to see the effects of a 12-week combined exercise-nutrition intervention in sarcopenia patients.
Enrollment
Sex
Ages
Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Primary purpose
Allocation
Interventional model
Masking
80 participants in 1 patient group
Loading...
Central trial contact
Bo-Ram Kim, RN; Jae-Young Lim, MD, PhD
Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov
Clinical trials
Research sites
Resources
Legal