1. Effect of creatine supplementation as a potential adjuvant therapy to exercise training in cardiac patients: a randomized controlled trial
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Dirk Schepers, Véronique Cornelissen, Luc Vanhees, Johan Defoor, Robert Fagard, Luc Mortelmans, Marc Decramer, Peter Hespel, Johan Vanhaecke, A Stevens, and Fabienne Dobbels
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart disease ,Physical fitness ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Coronary Artery Disease ,Isometric exercise ,Placebo ,Creatine ,law.invention ,Coronary artery disease ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Sickness Impact Profile ,medicine ,Humans ,Aerobic exercise ,Muscle Strength ,Heart Failure ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,Resistance Training ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,chemistry ,Chemotherapy, Adjuvant ,Physical Fitness ,Chronic Disease ,Dietary Supplements ,Exercise Test ,Physical Endurance ,Physical therapy ,Female ,business - Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effect of oral creatine supplementation in conjunction with an exercise programme on physical fitness in patients with coronary artery disease or chronic heart failure. Design: Single centre double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial. Setting: Cardiac rehabilitation centre. Subjects and intervention: 70 (4 women) cardiac patients (age 57.5 (8.4) years) were randomized to a placebo (n = 37) or creatine (n = 33) treatment for three months. Combined aerobic endurance and resistance training (three sessions/ week) was performed during supplementation. Main Measures: Aerobic power was determined during graded bicycle testing, knee extensor peak isometric and isokinetic strength, endurance and recovery were assessed by an isokinetic dynamometer, and health related quality of life was evaluated with the SF-36 and MacNew Heart Disease questionnaires. In addition, blood samples were taken after an overnight fast and 24 hour urinary collection was performed. Results: At baseline there were no significant differences between both groups. We observed main time effects for aerobic power, muscle performance, health related quality of life, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides (pre vs post; P0.05). Further, no detrimental effect on renal or liver function was observed nor were there any reports of side effects. Conclusion: Oral creatine supplementation in combination with exercise training does not exert any additional effect on the improvement in physical performance, health related quality of life, lipid profile in patients with coronary artery disease or chronic heart failure than exercise training alone.
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- 2010
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