Protein Supplementation during Resistance-Type Exercise Training in the Elderly

2013129 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Marika Leenders · Maastricht University Medical Centre

Lex B. Verdijk · TiFN

L. van der Hoeven · Maastricht University Medical Centre

Janneau van Kranenburg · TiFN

Rachél Nilwik · Maastricht University Medical Centre

Will K. W. H. Wodzig · TiFN

Joan M. Senden ·

Abstract

Prolonged resistance-type exercise training increases skeletal muscle mass and strength, augments functional capacity, improves glycemia and lipidemia, and reduces blood pressure in healthy elderly men and women. Additional protein supplementation (15 g·d-1) does not further increase muscle mass, strength, and/or functional capacity.

Topics & Keywords

Muscle metabolism and nutrition Nutrition and Health in Aging Exercise and Physiological Responses

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Volume 45, Issue 3, pp. 542-552

DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318272fcdb

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