Three Weeks of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation Affects Dihydrotestosterone to Testosterone Ratio in College-Aged Rugby Players

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 399-404

  Van Der Merwe, Johann ^a   Brooks, Naomi E ^a   Myburgh, Kathryn H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Athlete; Clinical safety; Creatine supplementation; DHT:T ratio; Rugby player

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CREATINE; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROSTANOLONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUGBY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CREATINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349683029     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181b8b52f     Document Type: Article

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