Does creatine supplementation improve functional capacity in elderly women?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-28

  Cañete, Silvia ^a   San Juan, Alejandro F ^a   Pérez, Margarita ^a   Gómez Gallego, Félix ^a   López Mojares, Luis M ^a   Earnest, Conrad P ^b   Fleck, Steven J ^c   Lucia, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b The Cooper Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Chemistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cycle ergometry; Functional performance; Gradual test; V O2peak; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33645456276     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-17044.1     Document Type: Article

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