Effect of protein supplementation and physical exercises in the amount of muscle and in the physical function of elderly with low strength
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- SarcopeniaC10.597.613.612.500
- Registration Number
- RBR-4hrqjf
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Older adults, age sixty years or older; sarcopenic, hand grip strength lower than 20 kg for women and lower than 30 kg for man and/or gait speed lower than 0.8 m/s.
Exclusion Criteria
Cognitive deficit; illiteracy; immobilism;diagnoses of congestive heart failure, chronic kidney failure, cancer or descompensated diabetes.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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