Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Muscle Mass and Function Among Older Women Subjected to Resistance Training

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

50

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2014

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2015

Conditions
Muscle Weakness
Interventions
OTHER

Resistance exercise training

All participants will be subjected to resistance training of upper and lower limbs, using elastic bands and tubing and free weights. Training will be calibrated at 60% of one repetition maximum for each muscle group with three sets of 15 repetitions with one minute rest between each set. All exercises will be additionally calibrated to be of moderate intensity according to the Borg scale. The exercise load will be adapted according to the progression of each participant.

DRUG

Creatine

Creatine powder 5 g day

Trial Locations (1)

7830489

INTA University of Chile, Santiago

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Chile

OTHER

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