Protein Supplementation Increases Muscle Mass Gain During Prolonged Resistance-Type Exercise Training in Frail Elderly People: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 713-719

  Tieland, Michael ^a,b   Dirks, Marlou L ^c   van der Zwaluw, Nikita ^b   Verdijk, Lex B ^a,c   van de Rest, Ondine ^b   de Groot, Lisette C P G M ^a,b   van Loon, Luc J C ^a,c  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Frailty; Hypertrophy; Muscle strength; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84866754137     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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