Creatine but not betaine supplementation increases muscle phosphorylcreatine content and strength performance

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2299-2305

  Del Favero, Serena ^a   Roschel, Hamilton ^a   Artioli, Guilherme ^a   Ugrinowitsch, Carlos ^a   Tricoli, Valmor ^a   Costa, André ^a   Barroso, Renato ^a   Negrelli, Ana Lua ^a   Otaduy, Maria Concepción ^a   Da Costa Leite, Cláudia ^a   Lancha Junior, Antonio Herbert ^a   Gualano, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Betaine supplementation; Creatine supplementation; Maximal muscle strength; Muscle power output; Phosphorylcreatine content

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETAINE; BODY COMPOSITION; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PLACEBOS;

EID: 84862766126     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-0972-5     Document Type: Article

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