Glucosamine-containing supplement improves locomotor functions in subjects with knee pain a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

• Published in: Clinical interventions in aging Vol. 10; pp. 1743 - 1753
• Main Authors: Kanzaki, Noriyuki, Ono, Yoshiko, Shibata, Hiroshi, Moritani, Toshio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Antifungal agents; Arthritis; Causes of; Chondroitin Sulfates - therapeutic use; Collagen Type II - therapeutic use; Comparative analysis; Complications and side effects; Diet therapy; Dietary Supplements; Double-Blind Method; Double-blind studies; Female; Glucosamine; Glucosamine - therapeutic use; Humans; Imidazoles - therapeutic use; Japan; Knee; Knee pain; knee-extensor strength; Locomotion; locomotor functions; Male; Middle Aged; Original Research; Osteoarthritis; Pain - drug therapy; Pain Measurement; Physiological aspects; Quercetin - therapeutic use; quercetin glycosides; Range of Motion, Articular; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - therapeutic use; walking speed; Womens health; Japan; imidazole peptides; knee-extensor strength; quercetin glycosides; normal walking speed; vitamin D

The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of a glucosamine-containing supplement to improve locomotor functions in subjects with knee pain. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group comparative study was conducted for 16 weeks in 100 Japanese subjects (age, 51.8±0.8 y...