Exercise intervention for sarcopenic patients
sarcopenia, ®
SARCOPENIA
As a post-hoc analysis of an RCT [Participants diagnosed with sarcopenia were instructed to perform a 10-minute warm-up exercise, followed by three sets of 10 repetitions of leg press, leg extension, and leg curl, as part of the exercise intervention. These training sessions occurred twice per week. A 10-minute cool-down exercise involving bicycling was performed at the conclusion of each session.Additionally, participants received nutritional supplementation during the intervention period. The supplementation regimen included daily consumption of two sticks of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA-Amino Vital Pro®, Ajinomoto, Tokyo, Japan) and two tablets of Caltrate supplement containing 600 mg of calcium and 800 IU of vitamin D3 (Pfizer, New York, NY, USA). A stick (3.6 g) of BCAA-Amino Vital Pro® encompassed 0.54 g of leucine, 0.43 g of isoleucine, 0.36 g of valine, 0.65 g of glutamine, 0.61 g of arginine, and 1.01 g of other amino acids.