Journal article
Creatine Monohydrate Increases Bone Mineral Density in Young Sprague-Dawley Rats
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Creatine kinase, found in osteoblasts, is an enzyme that is upregulated in response to interventions that enhance bone mass accretion. Creatine monohydrate supplementation can increase fat-free mass in young healthy men and women and can reduce markers of bone breakdown in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to determine the influence of supplementation with creatine monohydrate on bone …
Authors
ANTOLIC A; ROY BD; TARNOPOLSKY MA; ZERNICKE RF; WOHL GR; SHAUGHNESSY SG; BOURGEOIS JM
Journal
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 816–820
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
May 2007
DOI
10.1249/mss.0b013e318031fac4
ISSN
0195-9131