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Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2015

Impact of creatine on muscle performance and phosphagen stores after immobilization.

Jeremy C Fransen, Micah Zuhl, Chad M Kerksick, Nathan Cole, Steve Altobelli, Dean O Kuethe, Suzanne Schneider

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jeremy C FransenExercise Science Program, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, BVM Hall 8th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60660, USA, jfransen@luc.edu.
Micah Zuhl
Chad M Kerksick
Nathan Cole
Steve Altobelli
Dean O Kuethe
Suzanne Schneider
New Mexico Resonance · USUniversity of New Mexico · USCentral Michigan University · USLindenwood University · USLoyola University Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study investigated the effect of creatine (CR) supplementation during cast-immobilization to preserve skeletal muscle total work, power and intramuscular phosphocreatine (PCr) kinetics during dynamic exercise.

methodsTwenty-five active individuals (24 ± 4 years,) performed wrist flexion exercise within a 1.9 Tesla superconducting magnet before and after 1 week of cast-immobilization. An incremental protocol to fatigue and two constant load (CL1 and CL2) exercise bouts were performed. While casted, participants consumed either 20 g day(-1) of CR or a placebo (PLA). (31)P magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to quantify in vivo intramuscular PCr levels.

resultsNo significant group × time interaction effects were found for work or power throughout all exercise bouts. Total work was significantly reduced over time in both groups (p = 0.049) during the incremental exercise bout. Work production in CL1 tended (p = 0.073) to attenuate in the CR group, compared to PLA. No changes were observed in CL2. Baseline PCr significantly decreased with casting in PLA (PRE: 26.6 ± 6.3 vs. POST: 22.5 ± 5.6 mM kg(-1) wet muscle, p = 0.003). No change (p = 0.31) was observed in the CR group. Changes in work production were significantly correlated with changes in resting PCr in CR (r = -0.63, p = 0.021) but not PLA (r = -0.36, p = 0.26) group.

conclusionsResults suggest decreases in short-term endurance may be due to alternations of PCr status and/or metabolism. More research is needed to fully determine the efficacy of CR supplementation during short-term immobilization.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsImmobilizationCreatineFemaleHumansMaleMuscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthPhosphocreatinePhysical EnduranceYoung AdultCreatinePhosphocreatine

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