This 13-week intervention of a vitamin D and leucine-enriched whey protein oral nutritional supplement resulted in improvements in muscle mass and lower-extremity function among sarcopenic older adults. This study shows proof-of-principle that specific nutritional supplementation alone might benefit geriatric patients, especially relevant for those who are unable to exercise. These results warrant further investigations into the role of a specific nutritional supplement as part of a multimodal approach to prevent adverse outcomes among older adults at risk for disability.

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Abstract:Telecooperation is a technology which fulfills the communication requirements arising from global distributed product development. Implementations of the T.120 standard take the heterogeneous environment into account but do not sophistically solve security and ergonomic problems. The Telecooperation Management System (TCMS), developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology, enhances T.120 implementations for their successful use in distributed product development.