Muscle Perfusion and Protein Metabolism in Elderly
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study was to examine the role skeletal muscle perfusion plays in
mediating muscle protein synthesis in healthy older and younger individuals. The
investigators hypothesized that normalization of muscle perfusion in older men and women via
exercise or infusion of a vasodilator would enhance nutritive flow and skeletal muscle
protein synthesis in the elderly similar to that of their younger counterparts.