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Project Description

The number of elderly populations in India has almost tripled in the last 50 years.

This can cause the number of elderly with a mobility disability, physical frailty, and

resulting consequences, such as falls and loss of autonomy also to increase. The

role of skeletal muscle in the prevention of frailty and falls needs to be understood

among Indians. Sarcopenia-associated changes translated into intricacies of skeletal

muscle changes that occur with aging have convoluted our understanding of the

condition and complicated progress toward treatment options. The prevalence of

sarcopenia among the aging population in India is not known. Therefore, the current

study objectives are to assess muscle mass and strength among elderly Indians to

diagnose sarcopenia (based on -2SD muscle mass and function of young healthy

Indians 18-40 years of age) and to assess the impact of a 12-week whey protein

supplementation and/or exercise program on skeletal muscle mass and function

among elderly Indians.