Building strength, endurance, and mobility using an astaxanthin formulation with functional training in elderly

• Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle Vol. 9; no. 5; pp. 826 - 833
• Main Authors: Liu, Sophia Z., Ali, Amir S., Campbell, Matthew D., Kilroy, Kevin, Shankland, Eric G., Roshanravan, Baback, Marcinek, David J., Conley, Kevin E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2018; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Antioxidants; Body Mass Index; Dietary supplements; Dynapenia; Endurance; Exercise; Fatigue; Female; Fitness equipment; Fitness training programs; Geriatric Assessment; Humans; Interval training; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical research; Mice; Muscle Strength - drug effects; Muscle, Skeletal - diagnostic imaging; Muscle, Skeletal - pathology; Older people; Original; Physical Conditioning, Animal; Physical Endurance; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle; Studies; Walking; Xanthophylls - administration & dosage; United States > US; Dynapenia; Sarcopenia; Fatigue; Interval training; Skeletal muscle

Background Building both strength and endurance has been a challenge in exercise training in the elderly, but dietary supplements hold promise as agents for improving muscle adaptation. Here, we test a formulation of natural products (AX: astaxanthin, 12 mg and tocotrienol, 10 mg and zinc, 6 mg) wit...