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Creatine for treating muscle disorders
Journal article

Creatine for treating muscle disorders

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Progressive muscle weakness is a main symptom of most hereditary muscle diseases. Creatine is a popular nutritional supplement among athletes. It improves muscle performance in healthy individuals and might be helpful for treating myopathies. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of oral creatine supplementation in muscle diseases.

Authors

Kley RA; Vorgerd M; Tarnopolsky MA

Journal

, , No. 1,

Publisher

Wiley

DOI

10.1002/14651858.cd004760.pub2

ISSN

1465-1858