Hohenheim Malnutrition Study in Geriatric Fracture Patients

Influence of Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Geriatric Fracture Patients on Muscle Functionality, Quality of Life and Nutritional Status

The aim of this study is to evaluate long-term effects of early and prolonged individualized and optimized nutritional support using ONS for four weeks, in combination with a defined physiotherapy regimen, on sarcopenia and other outcome parameters in elderly fracture patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age ≥ 75 years, or
• age ≥ 65 years and Carlson-Comorbidity-Index of ≥ 5 and
• written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• progressive cancer disease
• relevant pre-existing chronic conditions (in order to avoid disease related impact on outcome parameters)
• insufficient German speech intelligibility