NCT01971424

Assessment of Physical Performance After Oral Supplementation of Magnesium in a Sample of Old Women in Good Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Padova · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Magnesium deficiency is associated also in the elderly with low physical performance; nevertheless trials about the effect of supplementation of magnesium on physical performance are not available in old people. The aim of our study is to investigate whether 12-weeks of oral magnesium supplementation improves physical performance in healthy elderly women

Conditions

• Age Related Muscle Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Mg oxide
OTHER	healthy diet

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2013-10-29
• Last updated: 2013-10-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy