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Creatine Supplementation in Endurance and Mixed-Sport Contexts: A Scoping Review of Performance, Recovery, and Body Composition

Agnieszka Stachowicz, Michał Kaczmarczyk, Wojciech Ratkowski
Nutrients 2026 18(11):1677

Bibliography

PubMed
PMID 42280321
PubMed Central
PMC13258674
DOI
10.3390/nu18111677
Funding
Funded by the Medical University of Gdansk, grant number 02-0132/07/316.
Competing interests
Authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Study snapshot

DesignScoping review of randomized controlled trials
ModelHuman evidence synthesis or trial
Sample38 studies
InterventionCreatine supplementation in endurance and mixed-sport exercise contexts
DurationIncluded studies published 1996-2025; supplementation protocols varied
EndpointsEndurance performance; Repeated-sprint performance; Power-endurance; Recovery biomarkers; Body composition

What the study showed, in plain terms

2026 scoping review mapping creatine trials in endurance and mixed-sport settings.

Key findings

Potential benefits were most apparent for repeated high-intensity efforts, sprint finishes and power-endurance tasks. Evidence for broad aerobic performance, recovery biomarkers and body-composition effects was inconsistent.

What this study can and cannot tell us

Scoping design maps the literature without a pooled treatment effect; protocols and sports were heterogeneous and favorable within-group results were not always superior to placebo.

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