Efficacy of Structured Exercise-Nutritional Intervention on Sarcopenia in Patients With Osteoporosis

Ensure NutriVigor, a nutritional supplement, was provided to subjects according to the manufacturer's recommendation of two servings per day. Each serving consists of 54.1g of powder which provides \~231kcal, 8.61g protein, 1.21 g β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate, 130 IU vitamin D and 0.29 g omega-3 fatty acid.

The exercise intervention consists of 75-minutes sessions delivered by physiotherapists at the Integrated Rehabilitation Day Centre (IRDC) in Kowloon Hospital, twice per week for 12 weeks with a total of 24 supervised sessions. Each exercise session consists of 5 minutes of warm up, 30 minutes of resistance training, 20 minutes of aerobic training, 15 minutes of balance or neuromuscular exercises and 5 minutes of cool down.