Supplementary Intake of Vitamin D During 12 Weeks Strength Training in Younger and Older People

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tendon CSA; VDR Receptor; Tendon Elasticity; Muscle Strength; Muscle CSA

Treatments: Other: 12 weeks Strength exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01252381

BBH 77

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim is to investigate the importance of vitamin D levels to achieve the effect of strength training. If we can show that vitamin D has an effect of training, the ultimate goal is to find out why and how vitamin D affects muscle.

This would potentially have important implications for public health. Since a large number of populations, including elderly, are shown to have too little vitamin D and also has low muscle strength, it will be essential that these people added vitamin D in relation to training and rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men 20-30 or 60-75 years old

Exclusion criteria

• smokers Knee problems On medication affecting protein synthesis High exposure to sun light (ex. ski holiday) during the trial

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Vitamin D

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: 12 weeks Strength exercise training

Calcium tablet

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: 12 weeks Strength exercise training