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creatineFinding

Creatine has no detected effect on handgrip strength (hand dynamometer)

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“There were no significant differences in grip strength between the creatine group (n = 12) and the placebo group (n = 10) before and after the training programme.”
Quoted verbatim from Creatine supplementation and physical training in patients with COPD: a double blind, placebo-controlled study.
This finding among the 6 findings on its endpoint

creatine

Handgrip strength (hand dynamometer)

no difference found

Who
Patients with COPD in an 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme including exercise training in both arms
Dose studied
0.3 g/kg body weight/day for seven days, then 0.07 g/kg body weight/day for the remaining 7 weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 18044100 · 2006

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
8 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WFSFK5K6TYFE8QVT1M3770