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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON36358
NL-OMON36358
Withdrawn
Not Applicable

Skeletal muscle characterization in frail elderly - Skeletal muscle in frailty

Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht0 sites50 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
Enrollment
50
Status
Withdrawn
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational invasive

Investigators

Sponsor
Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • frail male, non\-obese (BMI \<27 kg\*m\-2\) subjects aged 70\-90 years, with no history of participating in any regular exercise training program in the past 5 years, meeting 3 or more of these criteria: 1\) unintentional weight loss of 10% or more since age of 60 2\) self\-reported low usual energy level (3 on a 0\-10 scale), feeling unusually tired in the last month, or unusually weak in the last month; 3\) low energy expenditure, defined as being in the lowest quintile of energy expenditure measured using a six\-item version of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activity Questionnaire; 4\) slowness, defined as being in the lowest quintile of walking speed over a 4,57\-m distance; 5\) weakness, defined as being in the lowest quintile of hand grip strength measured using a handheld dynamometer.
  • Subjects will be considered non\-frail and, as such, eligible for inclusion in the study if 1 or less of the criteria is met (i.e. only non\-frail individuals in healthy elderly control group).

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion criteria are: type I and type II diabetes, the use of anticoagulation, female sex, senile dementia, participation in any regular exercise program.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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