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| Title |
Creatine Monohydrate and Conjugated Linoleic Acid Improve Strength and Body Composition Following Resistance Exercise in Older Adults
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2007
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0000991 |
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| Authors |
Mark Tarnopolsky, Andrew Zimmer, Jeremy Paikin, Adeel Safdar, Alissa Aboud, Erin Pearce, Brian Roy, Timothy Doherty |
| Abstract |
Aging is associated with lower muscle mass and an increase in body fat. We examined whether creatine monohydrate (CrM) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) could enhance strength gains and improve body composition (i.e., increase fat-free mass (FFM); decrease body fat) following resistance exercise training in older adults (>65 y). Men (N = 19) and women (N = 20) completed six months of resistance exercise training with CrM (5g/d)+CLA (6g/d) or placebo with randomized, double blind, allocation. Outcomes included: strength and muscular endurance, functional tasks, body composition (DEXA scan), blood tests (lipids, liver function, CK, glucose, systemic inflammation markers (IL-6, C-reactive protein)), urinary markers of compliance (creatine/creatinine), oxidative stress (8-OH-2dG, 8-isoP) and bone resorption (Nu-telopeptides). Exercise training improved all measurements of functional capacity (P<0.05) and strength (P<0.001), with greater improvement for the CrM+CLA group in most measurements of muscular endurance, isokinetic knee extension strength, FFM, and lower fat mass (P<0.05). Plasma creatinine (P<0.05), but not creatinine clearance, increased for CrM+CLA, with no changes in serum CK activity or liver function tests. Together, this data confirms that supervised resistance exercise training is safe and effective for increasing strength in older adults and that a combination of CrM and CLA can enhance some of the beneficial effects of training over a six-month period. Trial Registration. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00473902. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 217 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 210 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 36 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 30 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 13% |
| Researcher | 22 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 31 | 14% |
| Unknown | 55 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 21% |
| Sports and Recreations | 40 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 20 | 9% |
| Unknown | 64 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 November 2016.
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#12,580,762
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#97,233
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#58,946
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#182
of 228 outputs
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