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Participants
Start Date
January 15, 2019
Primary Completion Date
June 15, 2021
Study Completion Date
June 15, 2021
Collagen supplement group
Participants from both group will take their supplement every morning prior to breakfast. Supplementation period will be 4 months. They will perform tendons loading activities 30 minutes after ingestion of the supplement. Tendons loading activities will be heel raises and knee extensions while seated. Participants will be asked to keep the exercise intensity low as it is not a strengthening intervention.
Placebo supplement group
Participants from both group will take their supplement every morning prior to breakfast. Supplementation period will be 4 months. They will perform tendons loading activities 30 minutes after ingestion of the supplement. Tendons loading activities will be heel raises and knee extensions while seated. Participants will be asked to keep the exercise intensity low as it is not a strengthening intervention.
Liverpool John Moores University - Tom Reilly Building, Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
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