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eMediNexus 01 February 2020
Aging is associated with progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. In the absence of any specific interventions, it usually deteriorates into sarcopenia.
A study was conducted to assess the hypothesis that combined special nutritional-physiotherapeutical intervention prevents or reverses this decline in elderly people.
Researchers investigated the effects of regular resistance muscle training (PT) alone and combined exercise + special nutrition therapy with whey protein and vitamin D (PT + NT) in 17 patients each for 3 months. Physical exercise alone did not yield any significant improvement in skeletal muscle mass or strength. Combined intervention, on the contrary, significantly increased the muscle strength (22.51 ± 2.35 vs. 24.54 ± 2.65). There was a significant advantage of PT + NT over PT.
Combined intervention with exercise and special nutrition therapy containing whey protein and vitamin D thus seems essential for the efficient protection of musculature in high-risk elderly patients.
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