Creatine supplementation during resistance training in older adults - A meta-analysis

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1194-1203

  Devries, Michaela C ^a   Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AGING; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE MASS; SARCOPENIA; STRENGTH

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOPENIA; WEIGHT LIFTING;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PUBLICATION BIAS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOPENIA; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 84901362109     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000220     Document Type: Article

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