Creatine supplementation does not improve sprint performance in competitive swimmers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1435-1441

  Mujika, Iñigo ^a   Chatard, Jean Claude ^b   Lacoste, Lucien ^b   Barale, Frédéric ^b   Geyssant, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AMMONIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERGOGENIC AIDS; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATES

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CREATINE; LACTIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 0029840833     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199611000-00014     Document Type: Article

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