Protein Intake Plus Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Muscle Mass in Hospitalized Elderly

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Atrophy, Muscular

In brief

This study aims to investigate the effects of supplementation of protein plus sessions of electrostimulation on muscle mass, length of hospital stay, readmission and mortality of hospitalized elderly.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05008705

Run by

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

People needed

40

Starts

2021-08-25

Expected to finish

2025-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-12-05

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• both sex;
• 65 years and older;
• hospital stay less than 48 hours;

You may not qualify if…

• cancer in the last 5 years;
• delirium;
• cognitive deficit that impossibility the patient to read and sign the informed consent form;
• neurological disease;
• neurodegenerative muscular disease;
• impossibility to receive the intervention.

Where it is running

• University of Sao Paulo — São Paulo, Brazil (enrolling)

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