Study on nutrition and age-related muscle loss in an Indian populatio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M625- Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Stable health and ability to be independent/ autonomous
2. with grip strength suggesting sarcopenia and MRI showing sarcopenia
3.with long bone fracture requiring immobilisation
Exclusion Criteria
1. Congenital muscludytrophies
2. Chronic cardiopulmonary insufficiency
3. Severe liver damage (cut-off of transaminase levels) requiring limited protein intake
4. Presence of malignant neoplastic disease (which may cause Cachexia)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quantifying plasma nutrients, IGF-1, IL6, TroponinT, metabolites and lipids from control, sarcopenic and fractured subjectsTimepoint: 24hr
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measuring changes in intestinal microbiota between control, sarcopenic and fractured patients using DNA sequencing of the metagenome.Timepoint: 24hr