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- Title
Effects of elastic band resistance training and nutritional supplementation on muscle quality and circulating muscle growth and degradation factors of institutionalized elderly women: the Vienna Active Ageing Study (VAAS).
- Authors
Hofmann, Marlene; Schober-Halper, Barbara; Oesen, Stefan; Franzke, Bernhard; Tschan, Harald; Bachl, Norbert; Strasser, Eva-Maria; Quittan, Michael; Wagner, Karl-Heinz; Wessner, Barbara
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>Regular resistance exercise training and a balanced diet may counteract the age-related muscular decline on a molecular level. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of elastic band resistance training and nutritional supplementation on circulating muscle growth and degradation factors, physical performance and muscle quality (MQ) of institutionalized elderly.<bold>Methods: </bold>Within the Vienna Active Ageing Study, 91 women aged 83.6 (65.0-92.2) years were randomly assigned to one of the three intervention groups (RT, resistance training; RTS, resistance training plus nutritional supplementation; CT, cognitive training). Circulating levels of myostatin, activin A, follistatin, IGF-1 and GDF-15, as well as MQ and functional parameters were tested at baseline as well as after 3 and 6 months of intervention.<bold>Results: </bold>MQ of lower extremities significantly increased in the RT group (+14 %) and RTS group (+12 %) after 6 months. Performance improved in the RT and RTS groups for chair stand test (RT: +18 %; RTS: +15 %). Follistatin increased only in the RT group (+18 %) in the latter phase of the intervention, accompanied by a decrease in the activin A-to-follistatin ratio (-7 %). IGF-1, myostatin and GDF-15 levels were not affected by the intervention.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Our data confirm that strength training improves physical performance and MQ even in very old institutionalized women. This amelioration appears to be mediated by blocking muscle degradation pathways via follistatin rather than inducing muscle growth through the IGF-1 pathway. As plasma levels of biomarkers reflect an overall status of various organ systems, future studies of tissue levels are suggested.
- Subjects
RESISTANCE training; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; ISOMETRIC exercise; MUSCLE growth; PHYSICAL activity; SKELETAL muscle physiology; AGING; CARRIER proteins; CYTOKINES; DIETARY supplements; EXERCISE; GROWTH factors; PEPTIDE hormones; SOMATOMEDIN; SKELETAL muscle
- Publication
European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2016, Vol 116, Issue 5, p885
- ISSN
1439-6319
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00421-016-3344-8