Increasing muscle mass in elders through diet and exercise: a literature review of recent RCTs

G Voulgaridou, SD Papadopoulou, M Spanoudaki… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to review the current evidence on the independent and combined effects of
diet and exercise and their impact on skeletal muscle mass in the elderly population …

Skeletal muscle dysfunction with advancing age

P Pabla, EJ Jones, M Piasecki, BE Phillips - Clinical Science, 2024 - portlandpress.com
As a result of advances in medical treatments and associated policy over the last century, life
expectancy has risen substantially and continues to increase globally. However, the …

Health benefits of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplementation in addition to physical exercise in older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis

J Courel-Ibáñez, T Vetrovsky, K Dadova, JG Pallarés… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Both regular exercise training and beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB)
supplementation are shown as effective treatments to delay or reverse frailty and reduce …

Amino acids regulating skeletal muscle metabolism: mechanisms of action, physical training dosage recommendations and adverse effects

G Li, Z Li, J Liu - Nutrition & Metabolism, 2024 - Springer
Maintaining skeletal muscle mass is important for improving muscle strength and function.
Hence, maximizing lean body mass (LBM) is the primary goal for both elite athletes and …

Nutritional factors and physical frailty: Highlighting the role of functional nutrients in the prevention and treatment

R Ziaei, F Shahdadian, M Bagherniya, S Karav… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Physical frailty, an age-related decline in the physiological capacity and function of various
organs, is associated with higher vulnerability to unfavorable health outcomes. The …

Adaptation of the transcriptional response to resistance exercise over 4 weeks of daily training

MR Viggars, H Sutherland, H Lanmüller… - The FASEB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present the time course of change in the muscle transcriptome 1 h after the last exercise
bout of a daily resistance training program lasting 2, 10, 20, or 30 days. Daily exercise in rat …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of enriched branched-chain amino acid supplementation on sarcopenia

CH Ko, SJ Wu, ST Wang, YF Chang, CS Chang… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To evaluate the effects of short-term administration of enriched branched-chain amino acids
(BCAAs) on subjects with pre-sarcopenia or sarcopenia, our quasi-experimental study …

The effects of 12-week beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate supplementation in patients with liver cirrhosis: results from a randomized controlled single-blind pilot study

B Lattanzi, A Bruni, S Di Cola, A Molfino, A De Santis… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and Aim: Sarcopenia is considered an important risk factor for morbidity and
mortality in liver cirrhosis. Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) has the potential to …

Influence of resistance training on muscle architecture in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

L de Souza Cordeiro, DG Linhares… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Resistance training (RT) consists of planned exercise programs to increase
muscle strength capacity through neural and structural adaptations, such as changes in the …

Nutritional interventions to prevent and treat frailty

AJ Cruz-Jentoft, J Woo - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Public health recommendations to eat an optimal diet with the right amount of energy and
proteins should be moved to the public domain. Whenever frailty is present, nutrition has a …