In the present study, the effects of age and dietary intake will be assessed on myocellular characteristics during 72 hours after a resistance type exercise session.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
34
24 h before the start of the intervention all subjects will adhere to a standardized diet for 4 days. Young subjects are randomly allocated to either a low protein diet, regular protein diet or high protein diet group. All elderly subjects will adhere to a regular protein diet comparable to the regular protein diet of the young subjects.
Maastricht University Medical Centre
Maastricht, Zuid Limburg, Netherlands
Muscle fiber myonuclear and stem cell content
Time frame: baseline
Muscle fiber myonuclear and stem cell content
Time frame: 12 hours after a single bout of resistance type exercise
Muscle fiber myonuclear and stem cell content
Time frame: 24 hours after a single bout of resistance type exercise
Muscle fiber myonuclear and stem cell content
Time frame: 48 hours after a single bout of resistance type exercise
Muscle fiber myonuclear and stem cell content
Time frame: 72 hours after a single bout resistance type exercise
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