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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3839</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131230</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Efficacy and Safety of Creatine Supplementation on Strength and Muscle Mass in Resistance Trained Individuals:__ampersandsignnbsp;A Prospective Study&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mirdha</surname><given-names>Priyanka</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Nalgirkar</surname><given-names>Vivek</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Patil</surname><given-names>Anant</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gupta</surname><given-names>Vijaykumar</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>22</day><month>06</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>2)</volume><issue/><fpage>150</fpage><lpage>154</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Creatine is one of the widely researched nutritional supplements which increases intramuscular creatine and helps to improve training adaptations. Creatine supplement with resistance exercise also increases fat-free mass. Literature evaluating the efficacy and safety of creatine in the Indian population is sparse. Aim: To study the efficacy and safety of creatine in improving muscle mass and strength in resistance-trained individuals. Methodology: In this prospective, study, healthy young male (18-25 years) received a regular diet and exercise program (Control group) or creatine monohydrate 20 gm/day for seven days and five gram/day for the next three weeks along with designed exercise program (Creatine group). Parameters for strength, body composition and body circumference measurements were recorded. Results: Thirty participants were included. In the creatine group, the difference in the weight from baseline to day seven was significant (62.19+5.57 vs 63.28+5.49 kg; p__ampersandsignlt;0.0001). The weight of participants in the creatine group increased from 62.19+5.57 kg at baseline to 63.28+5.49 kg and 65.14+5.40 kg after seven day and four weeks respectively (p__ampersandsignlt;0.0001). Performance in bench press test significantly increased in creatine group after seven days [64.0+9.14 vs 69.83+9.60 Kg (1 RM); p__ampersandsignlt;0.0001]. Change in the arm girth (p=0.0263), thigh girth (p=0.0003) and calf girth (p=0.0003) in the creatine group were significant over some time. No adverse events were reported in either group. Creatine was well tolerated by study participants without any adverse event. Conclusion: Our results suggest that creatine may be effective and well-tolerated in improving muscle mass and strength in resistance-trained healthy adults.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Creatine loading</kwd><kwd> Efficacy</kwd><kwd> Exercise</kwd><kwd> Resistance training</kwd><kwd> Safety</kwd><kwd> Strength</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
