Status:
COMPLETED
The Effect of Caffeine in Elderly Citizens
Lead Sponsor:
Herning Hospital
Conditions:
Healthy Elderly Citizens
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The study investigated the effect of caffeine on physical performance in healthy citizens aged over 70 years. The main hypothesis was that 6 mg/kg caffeine would improve cycling endurance at 65% of ex...
Detailed Description
Caffeine ingestion increases the endurance of young people exercising at 60%-85% of their maximal oxygen uptake, and it also seems to improve endurance as measured by repeated sub-maximal isometric co...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy elderly individuals aged over 70 years
Exclusion
- Dementia or invalidating psychiatric disease
- General debility, angina, or other diseases that would render participation in the test program impossible
- Treatment with beta receptor blocking drugs, calcium-channel blocking drugs, digitalis, or nitroglycerine
- Acute disease and injury
- Diabetes
- Conditions that would contraindicate caffeine ingestion or participation in the test program
- Treatment with medication that interacts with caffeine
- Ingestion of caffeine containing drinks and foods 48 hours before each session
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
March 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00117520
Start Date
July 1 2002
End Date
March 1 2006
Last Update
July 7 2006
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Surgical Research Department
Herning, Ringkjoebing, Denmark, 7400