Effect of amino acid supplementation on muscle mass, strength and physical function in elderly

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-195

  Børsheim, Elisabet ^a,b   Bui, Quynh Uyen T ^a   Tissier, Sandrine ^c   Kobayashi, Hisamine ^d   Ferrando, Arny A ^a,b   Wolfe, Robert R ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Elderly; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ARGININE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GAIT; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41349103398     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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