Oral nutritional supplement fortified with beta-alanine improves physical working capacity in older adults: A randomized, placebo-controlled study

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 933-939

  McCormack, William P ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^a   Emerson, Nadia S ^a   Scanlon, Tyler C ^a   Warren, Ashlee M ^a   Wells, Adam J ^a   Gonzalez, Adam M ^a   Mangine, Gerald T ^a   Robinson, Edward H ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a   Hoffman, Jay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta alanine; Muscle quality; Older adults; Oral nutritional supplement; Physical working capacity

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARNOSYN; FAT; PLACEBO; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FAT MASS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALSTM; ARM LEAN SOFT TISSUE MASS; BETA-ALANINE; DEXA; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMG; MQ; MUSCLE QUALITY; OLDER ADULTS; ONS; ORAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT; PHYSICAL WORKING CAPACITY; PHYSICAL WORKING CAPACITY AT FATIGUE THRESHOLD; PWC(FT); TLSTM; TOTAL BODY LEAN SOFT TISSUE MASS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; BETA-ALANINE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 84880804255     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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