Assessment of Physical Performance After Oral Supplementation of Magnesium in a Sample of Old Women in Good Health

Magnesium deficiency is associated also in the elderly with low physical performance; nevertheless trials about the effect of supplementation of magnesium on physical performance are not available in old people. The aim of our study is to investigate whether 12-weeks of oral magnesium supplementation improves physical performance in healthy elderly women

Inclusion Criteria:

• People over 65 years, not residents in nursing home, in good health

Exclusion Criteria:

• previous supplementation of calcium, potassium or magnesium
• use of pump proton inhibitors or digitalis
• important co-mordidities such renal failure