The Favorable Effects of a High-Intensity Resistance Training on Sarcopenia in Older Community-Dwelling Men with Osteosarcopenia: The Randomized Controlled FrOST Study.

Theresa LichtenbergSimon von StengelCornel SieberWolfgang Kemmler

Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2019)

The results clearly confirm the favorable effects of HI-RT on sarcopenia. We conclude that HI-RT is a feasible, highly efficient and safe training modality for combating sarcopenia, also in the elderly.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
resistance training
high intensity
highly efficient
body composition
open label
double blind
phase iii
placebo controlled
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
study protocol
skeletal muscle