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| Title |
Resistance exercise combined with essential amino acid supplementation improved walking ability in elderly people.
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| Published in |
Acta Physiologica Hungarica, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1556/aphysiol.100.2013.008 |
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| Authors |
Shigeo Kawada, Y Okamoto, K Ogasahara, S Yanagisawa, M Ohtani, K Kobayashi |
| Abstract |
We investigated the effects of resistance exercise combined with essential amino acid supplementation on psoas major muscle (PMM) hypertrophy and walking ability in elderly individuals. Twenty-nine healthy elderly individuals were assigned to 3 groups: (1) E (exercise), (2) A3 (exercise combined with 3.0 g of essential amino acid supplementation), and (3) A6 (exercise combined with 6.0 g of essential amino acid supplementation). To evaluate walking ability, the participants underwent the following 3 types of tests: the (1) 10-meter walk (10-W), (2) 10-meter walk involving crossing of obstacles (10-W + O), and (3) 6-minute walk (6M-W) tests. The 6-month training program resulted in significant PMM hypertrophy in all groups independent of amino acid supplementation. The extent of hypertrophy in the participants who took amino acids was dose-dependent, although the differences were not significant. Groups A3 and A6 demonstrated improvements in the 10-W and 10-W + O tests, whereas no improvement was observed in group E, regardless of PMM hypertrophy. Furthermore, group A6 showed an improvement in the 6M-W test. These results suggest that our training program causes PMM hypertrophy, whereas the training program combined with essential amino acid supplementation improves walking ability. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 33% |
| Spain | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 15 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 12 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 21 | 42% |
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