NCT02253329

NMES During the Day and Prior to Sleep

The Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Post-prandial Protein Accretion During the Day and Prior to Sleep

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 65 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In the present study, the effect of a bolus of intrinsically labeled milk directly after one-legged NMES (Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation) will be studied under two conditions: during the day and prior to sleep

Detailed description

In the present study, the effect of a bolus of intrinsically labeled milk directly after an hour of one-legged NMES (Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation) will be studied under two conditions: during the day and immediately prior to sleep

Conditions

• Sarcopenia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Dietary protein plus NMES during the day	Neuromuscular electrical stimulation after a protein bolus, performed during the day
PROCEDURE	Dietary protein plus NMES prior to sleep	Neuromuscular electrical stimulation after a protein bolus, performed prior to sleep

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-05-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2014-10-01
• Last updated: 2015-05-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands