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CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 18-23Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.03.009
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Protein intake; EAA supplementation; RDA; Elderly; Bed rest
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- National Institutes of Health [PO1 AG023591]
- NIH [M01-RR-00073]
- GCRC at UTMB
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Background & aims: Older individuals are more likely to experience extended hospitalization and become protein malnourished during hospitalization. The concomitant compulsory inactivity results in functional decline. Increasing protein intake in hospitalized patients improves nitrogen balance, but effects on function are unknown. In the present study, we examined the effects of increasing protein intake by essential amino acid (EAA) supplementation in older individuals subjected to 10 d bed rest on LBM and muscle function. Methods: Subjects were given a placebo (n = 12, 68 +/- 5 (SD) yrs, 83 +/- 19 kg) or 15 g of EAA (n = 10, 71 +/- 6, 72 +/- 8 kg) 3 times per day throughout 10 d of bed rest. LBM, muscle protein synthesis, and muscle function were determined before and after bed rest. Due to an imbalance in randomized gender distribution between groups, gender and beginning functional and LBM measures were utilized for analyses by repeated measures analysis of covariance (RMANCOVA). Results: Analyses revealed the potential for the preservation of functional outcomes with EAA supplementation. Conclusions: increasing protein intake above the RDA may preserve muscle function in the elderly during compulsory inactivity. EAA supplementation is potentially an efficient method of increasing protein intake without affecting satiety. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.
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