Effects of creatine loading and prolonged creatine supplementation on body composition, fuel selection, sprint and endurance performance in humans

Clinical Science

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-162

  Van Loon, Luc J C ^a   Oosterlaar, Audrey M ^a   Hartgens, Fred ^b   Hesselink, Matthijs K C ^c   Snow, Rodney J ^d   Wagenmakers, Anton J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Ctr for Doping Affairs   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creatine phosphate; Ergogenic aids; Functional foods; Metabolism; Oxidative capacity; Skeletal muscle; Substrate utilization

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; AMMONIA; BODY COMPOSITION; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0037327483     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20020159     Document Type: Article

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