Effect of short-term creatine supplementation on neuromuscular function

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1934-1941

  Bazzucchi, Ilenia ^a   Felici, Francesco ^a   Sacchetti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elbow flexors; Emg; Force velocity relationship; Muscle fatigue; Twitch

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; MALTODEXTRIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349672850     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a2c05c     Document Type: Article

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