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NCT Number: NCT01971424

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

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

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Key information

Conditions

Age Related Muscle Loss

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine

Padova, 35128, Italy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • People over 65 years, not residents in nursing home, in good health

Exclusion criteria

  • previous supplementation of calcium, potassium or magnesium
  • use of pump proton inhibitors or digitalis
  • important co-mordidities such renal failure

Treatment and study plan

Mg oxide

Dietary Supplement

Other names: Magnesium oxide

healthy diet

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in short physical performance battery (SPPB)

    Time frame: Baseline and after 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in appendicular skeletal mass (ASMMI)

    Time frame: Baseline and after 12 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Padova

Other

Registry information

Acronym: Magnesium

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Oct 29, 2013
Registry last updated
Oct 29, 2013

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