Shortening of muscle relaxation time after creatine loading

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 840-844

  Van Leemputte, M ^a   Vandenberghe, K ^a   Hespel, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contraction; Diet; Exercise; Phosphocreatine

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELBOW FLEXION; ERGOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0033053610     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.3.840     Document Type: Article

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