EAA supplementation to increase nitrogen intake improves muscle function during bed rest in the elderly

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Ferrando, Arny A ^a   Paddon Jones, Doug ^b   Hays, Nicholas P ^a   Kortebein, Patrick ^a   Ronsen, Ola ^c   Williams, Rick H ^a   McComb, Ashley ^a   Symons, T Brock ^d   Wolfe, Robert R ^a   Evans, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Norwegiean Olympic Training Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed rest; EAA supplementation; Elderly; Protein intake; RDA

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PLACEBO; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BED REST; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BED REST; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 75949099307     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.03.009     Document Type: Review

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