Trial reportNutrients2016
The Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Explosive Performance and Optimal Individual Postactivation Potentiation Time.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Creatine supplementation in young men under resistance versus non-resistance training: a systematic review and meta-analysis of strength, performance, and lean mass.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Upper- and Lower-Body Strength and Power: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- The acute effects of caffeine, creatine, and carbohydrate mouth rinse combined with conditioning activity on subsequent sports performance: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Post-activation Performance Enhancement in the Bench Press Throw: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Pooled it
- Static Stretching Acutely Reduces the Ergogenic Effects of Caffeine on Sprint Performance but Not Maximal Ball Velocity in Football Players.European journal of sport science · 2026Trial
- A randomized open-labeled study to examine the effects of creatine monohydrate and combined training on jump and scoring performance in young basketball players.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2022Trial
- Effects of 4-Week Creatine Supplementation Combined with Complex Training on Muscle Damage and Sport Performance.Nutrients · 2018Trial
- Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Muscle Strength and Optimal Individual Post-Activation Potentiation Time of the Upper Body in Canoeists.Nutrients · 2017Trial
- Effectiveness of Creatine in Metabolic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2023Review
- Creatinine is a biochemical marker for assessing how untrained people adapt to fitness training loads.PeerJ · 2020Article
- Post-activation Potentiation Versus Post-activation Performance Enhancement in Humans: Historical Perspective, Underlying Mechanisms, and Current Issues.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Creatine plays an important role in muscle energy metabolism. Postactivation potentiation (PAP) is a phenomenon that can acutely increase muscle power, but it is an individualized process that is influenced by muscle fatigue. This study examined the effects of creatine supplementation on explosive performance and the optimal individual PAP time during a set of complex training bouts. Thirty explosive athletes performed tests of back squat for one repetition maximum (1RM) strength and complex training bouts for determining the individual optimal timing of PAP, height and peak power of a counter movement jump before and after the supplementation. Subjects were assigned to a creatine or placebo group and then consumed 20 g of creatine or carboxymethyl cellulose per day for six days. After the supplementation, the 1RM strength in the creatine group significantly increased (p < 0.05). The optimal individual PAP time in the creatine group was also significant earlier than the pre-supplementation and post-supplementation of the placebo group (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in jump performance between the groups. This study demonstrates that creatine supplementation improves maximal muscle strength and the optimal individual PAP time of complex training but has no effect on explosive performance.
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