A study on healthy aging looks for older people

Navarrabiomed and the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) They are looking for people over 75 years old to participate in the CREAGED projectwhich will study the impact of creatine supplementation and multicomponent training on the health of this group.

“Creatine is a molecule that the body produces naturally and that plays a key role in obtaining energy. With age, its production decreasesand that can affect both muscle strength and mental agility,” explains the project coordinator, Marisa Fernández González de la Riva, nurse and doctoral student at UPNA, as stated in a note.

Nely Soto Ruiz, Fabiola Zambon Ferraresi, Marisa Fernández González de la Riva and Nicolás Martínez Velilla, at the University Hospital of Navarra. Photo: UPNA (Europa Press).

In this way, the study seeks to analyze whether creatine supplementation and a training program that combines strength, balance, flexibility and resistance, “can help maintain independence and quality of life in older people“.

The study is led by Fabiola Zambom Ferraresipostdoctoral researcher at Navarrabiomed; Nelia Soto Ruizprofessor at UPNA and member of the Inno-CARE research group; and Nicolás Martínez Velillaprincipal investigator of the INGEA group and head of the Geriatrics Service at the University Hospital of Navarra (HUN), in addition to the coordinator, Marisa Fernández González de la Rivawho, in fact, focuses his doctoral thesis on this work.

How to participate in the study?

The CREAGED project began at the beginning of this year 2025 and already has the collaboration of several older people, however, more participants are still being sought. Specifically, they are looking for women and men over 75 years of age that they can perform physical activity, move autonomouslywhether with a cane, walker or without assistance, and have time for five weeks to carry out the assessments and training sessions, which will be carried out in the Geriatrics Service of the University Hospital of Navarra.

Those people interested in participating, You can register through this online form. You can also contact the research team for more information by telephone, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (848 42 25 21 and 848 42 75 80), or by email (marisa.fernandez.gonzalezdelariva@navarra.es or fabiola.zambom.ferraresi@navarra.es).