High-intensity strength exercises and nutrition supplementation for sarcopenic older adults

Phase 1

• Conditions: Sarcopenia in older adults; Sarcopenia; Older adults; Muscle mass; Muscle strength

• Registration Number: TCTR20211102007
• Lead Sponsor: niversiti Sains Malaysia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2020-11-30
• Study Start: 2021-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Terminated (Halted Prematurely)
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

Criteria needed for you to be eligible for this study are:

- Men and women aged 60 years and above
- Body mass index <33 kg/m2
- Have not participated in any sport training programme for more than 3 times a week and more than 30 min/day for the past one year
- Have not participated in any resistance training in the past two years
- Cleared initial screening with PAR-Q+
- Skeletal muscle index: <8.5 kg/m2 for men, <5.7 kg/m2 for women
- Hand grip strength: <30 kg for men, <18 kg for women OR gait speed <0.8 m/s for both men and women
- Physically-abled to participate in exercises

Exclusion Criteria

You will not be able to join this study if you are

- Diagnosed with any unstable coronary heart disease, congestive heart - disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, renal failure
- Having uncontrolled hypertension
- Presented with major orthopaedic disability
- Presented with silent ischaemia from sub-maximal exercise test
- Smoking
- Daily alcohol consumption

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle strength After 12 weeks of the intervention kg,Muscle mass After 12-week intervention kg/m squared,Muscle performance or function After 12-week intervention SPPB scores

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
utritional status After 12-week intervention MNA scores