NCT04306536

Nutritional Support in Femur Fracture Rehabilitation

Muscle-targeted Nutritional Support in Post-surgical Rehabilitation for Femur Fracture

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Barichella Michela · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This randomized, observer-blinded trial tested the hypothesis that nutritional supplementation with muscle-target nutritional supplementation would increase the efficacy of a physical rehabilitation program in old adults with femur fracture treated with surgery.

Detailed description

Muscle-target nutritional supplementation has been domonstrated to enhance the recovery of muscle mass and increase the efficacy of a rehabilitation program in patients suffering from sarcopenia. Femure fracture is responsible for increased immobilization resulting in loss of muscle mass which may be further emphasized by surgical stress. This randomized, observer-blinded trial tested the hypothesis that nutritional supplementation with muscle-target nutritional supplementation would increase the efficacy of a physical rehabilitation program in old adults with femur fracture treated with surgery.

Conditions

• Femur Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Fortifit®	Best local diet + two servings (40 grams each) of powder (Fortifit®; Nutricia) which has to be dissolved in 125 ml of water. Per serving, 20 g whey protein, 3 g total leucine, 9 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat, 800 IU vitamin D, and a mixture of vitamins, minerals, and fibers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-19
• Primary completion: 2020-12-20
• Completion: 2020-12-20
• First posted: 2020-03-13
• Last updated: 2025-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy