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Effects of creatine monohydrate timing on resistance training adaptations and body composition after 8 weeks in male and female collegiate athletes
Front Sports Act Living
2022
4:1033842
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- PMID 36465581
- Funding
- Partially supported by a research grant from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and internal funding from the Exercise and Performance Nutrition Laboratory at Lindenwood University.
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- Authors declared no commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Study snapshot
| Design | Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled parallel trial |
|---|---|
| Model | Human |
| Sample | 34 resistance-trained collegiate athletes |
| Intervention | 5 g creatine before training, 5 g after training, or placebo |
| Duration | 8 weeks |
| Endpoints | Fat-free mass; Body fat; Strength; Muscular endurance; Isometric pull |
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