Creatine Use in Sports
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Context: The use of creatine as a dietary supplement has become increasingly popular over the past several decades. Despite the popularity of creatine, questions remain with regard to dosing, effects on sports performance, and safety. Evidence Acquisition: PubMed was searched for articles published between 1980 and January 2017 using the terms creatine, creatine supplementation, sports performance, and dietary supplements. An additional Google search was performed to capture National Collegiate Athletic Association–specific creatine usage data and US dietary supplement and creatine sales. Study Design: Clinical review. Level of Evidence: Level 4. Results: Short-term use of creatine is considered safe and without significant adverse effects, although caution should be advised as the number of long-term studies is limited. Suggested dosing is variable, with many different regimens showing benefits. The safety of creatine supplementation has not been studied in children and adolescents. Currently, the scientific literature best supports creatine supplementation for increased performance in short-duration, maximal-intensity resistance training. Conclusion: While creatine appears to be safe and effective for particular settings, whether creatine supplementation leads to improved performance on the field of play remains unknown.
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In adults, studies evaluating the effects of creatine use on sport-specific performance have produced mixed results.
“In adults, studies evaluating the effects of creatine use on sport-specific performance have produced mixed results.7,50”
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The Effects on Exercise and Performance section says individual athletes’ responses to creatine have been inconsistent and that benefits on the field of play remain unknown. But its discussion of sport-specific studies reports no improvement in the activities examined; it does not describe mixed results among those studies specifically. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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- Authors
- Butts, J., Jacobs, B., & Silvis, M.
- Affiliations
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Silvis, Matthew
- Venue
- Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-10-23
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 31-34
- ISSN
- 1941-0921 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-7381
- PMC
- PMC5753968
- OpenAlex
- W2765853994
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 3.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Sports Health A Multidisciplinary Approach (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Biochemical effects in animals
- Keywords
- creatine supplementation, dietary supplements, athletic performance, resistance training, supplement safety, NCAA athletes, adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Creatine, Humans, Dietary Supplements, Athletic Performance, Resistance Training
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