Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 451-455 , April 2011

Low-dose creatine supplementation enhances fatigue resistance in the absence of weight gain

  • Eric S. Rawson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Exercise Science, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +570-389-5368; fax: +570-389-5047.
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  • Michael J. Stec, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Exercise Science, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Sara J. Frederickson, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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  • Mary P. Miles, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA

Received 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 7 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.04.001

Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 451-455 , April 2011

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