Low-dose creatine supplementation enhances fatigue resistance in the absence of weight gain

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-455

  Rawson, Eric S ^a   Stec, Michael J ^a   Frederickson, Sara J ^b   Miles, Mary P ^b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement; Ergogenic aid; Isokinetic; Monohydrate; Phosphocreatine

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL BODY WATER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952439369     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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