Long-term creatine intake is beneficial to muscle performance during resistance training

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2055-2063

  Vandenberghe, K ^a   Goris, M ^a   Van Hecke, P ^b   Van Leemputte, M ^a   Vangerven, L ^c   Hespel, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven   (Belgium)

^d Laboratory of Plant Physiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diet; Ergogenics; Intermittent exercise; Phosphorus 31 nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0031439229     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.6.2055     Document Type: Article

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