Effect of creatine supplementation on training for competition in elite swimmers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2140-2147

  Peyrebrune, Michael C ^a   Stokes, Keith ^b   Hall, George M ^c   Nevill, Mary E ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood metabolites; Human growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor I; Sprint swimming

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GLUCOSE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDURANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SPORT; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28844463034     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000179101.38913.73     Document Type: Article

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