Creatine supplementation enhances maximum voluntary isometric force and endurance capacity in resistance trained men

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-287

  Maganaris, C N ^a,b   Maughan, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creatine supplementation; Endurance capacity; Isometric strength; Strength training

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE POLYMER; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CREATINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0031814456     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.1998.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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