The Influence of Ageing on Muscle Quality

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Quality; Ageing Process

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01216917

s52701

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the influence of the ageing process on muscle quality. Therefore, muscle mass, muscle density and force-velocity characteristics are measured after a 5-yr interval in older adults (65+).

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male, +65 years
• participation in previous study "De effecten van oefenprogramma's op gezondheids- en fitheidsgerelateerde parameters in een groep van 60-plussers"
• able to perform a maximal strength test on a dynamometer

Exclusion criteria

• pathologies that prohibit a maximal strength test on a dynamometer

Trial design

45 participants in 3 patient groups

Fitness

Whole-body vibration

Control