Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01164020
Creatine Supplementation and Cognition
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 56 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Resistance training as well as creatine supplementation may be beneficial for cognitive function, such as memory and attention. Therefore, the investigators speculate that resistance training combined with creatine supplementation would promote additive benefits on cognitive function in elderly women.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | creatine supplementation | 20g/d for 7 days followed by 5g/d for 23 weeks |
| OTHER | Placebo (Dextrose) | 20g/d for 7 days followed by 5g/d for 23 weeks |
| OTHER | Resistance training | resistance training twice a week for 24 weeks |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-12-01
- Completion
- 2012-12-01
- First posted
- 2010-07-16
- Last updated
- 2013-01-18
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Brazil
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01164020. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.