Physical Activity Program for Counteracting Sarcopenia (EXERSARCO)

I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Sarcopenia

Treatments

Behavioral: Physical activity

Dietary Supplement: Physical activity and supplementation

Other: Control

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04172285

EXERSARCO

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sarcopenia is a pathophysiological process associated with aging and some metabolic conditions characterized by progressive muscle tissue loss, which may lead to loss of strangth and performance and increase risk of falls and fractures, physical disability and premature death. Therefore, it is necessary to identify personalized programs of physical activity and supplementation for elderly population in order to improve their physical functions, muscle strengh and body composition.

With the present project we aime to assess the effect of a feasible home-based exercise program coupled with food supplementation to improve muscle strength, muscle volume and muscle physical performance potentially associated with sarcopenia in elderly people.

Enrollment

16 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Sedentary lifestyle.
Cognitively intact.
Autonomous walking.
Acceptance of informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Body mass index lower than 18.5 and uppen than 40 kg/m2.
History of cancer.
Pacemaker user.
History of epileptic episodes.
Endocrine-metabolic, neurological, muscular and ortopedic pathologies that affect movement functions.
Bone fractures that influence movement functions.
Smoking.
Surgical treatments in the prior 6 months.
Use of antieptilectics, glucocorticoids, rhGH and testosterone.
Hepatic and muscular pathologies