Creatine supplementation enhances isometric strength and body composition improvements following strength exercise training in older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-19

  Brose, Andrea ^b   Parise, Gianni ^b   Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINALYSIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0037240189     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.1.b11     Document Type: Article

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