Creatine ingestion favorably affects performance and muscle metabolism during maximal exercise in humans

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1 PART 1, 1996, Pages

  Casey, A ^a,b   Constantin Teodosiu, D ^a   Howell, S ^a   Hultman, E ^a   Greenhaff, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5' triphosphate; Muscle fiber types; Phosphocreatine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347695664     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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