SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
The Effect of Prior Creatine Intake for 28 Days on Accelerated Recovery from Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
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- What was studied
- A randomized trial tested whether four weeks of creatine monohydrate accelerated recovery from elbow-flexor damage induced by eccentric exercise.
- Who / model studied
- Twenty healthy Japanese men aged 21–36 years were randomized, with ten participants per group.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Participants consumed creatine monohydrate 3 g/day or microcrystalline-cellulose placebo for 28 days before a standardized eccentric dumbbell exercise.
- What the study found
- Creatine improved range of motion at 24 hours and maximal voluntary contraction at several time points through 168 hours, while reducing swelling, stiffness, and fatigue at selected time points. Soreness and urinary titin did not differ. No attributable adverse effects occurred.
- Limitations & context
- The study was small, included only young Japanese men, and measured short-term recovery after one laboratory muscle-damage protocol. It was partly industry funded.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.3390/nu16060896