Energy buffering
Creatine availability supports the phosphocreatine system, which helps regenerate ATP during demanding activity. Source
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Energy buffering
Supports the creatine–phosphocreatine system in tissue energy metabolism.
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Creatine participates in phosphocreatine energy buffering.
Exercise physiology reviewed in a professional-society position stand.
- Creatinesubstrate
- Energy bufferingmechanism
- Exercise performancerelated-outcome
Limitation Individual exercise outcomes depend on task and training context.
Creatine · Sourced draftEnergy availability in muscle
Creatine connects tissue energy metabolism and exercise research.
- Amino acid derivativechemical-family
- Energy bufferingmechanism
- Exercise performancerelated-outcome
- Creatinesubstrate
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- Position stand / review · 2017
International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: safety and efficacy of creatine supplementation in exercise, sport, and medicine
Summarizes muscle energy metabolism and exercise supplementation research.
Limitation A professional-society position stand, not an independent trial; proposed clinical uses vary in evidence strength.
Funding / disclosures Not assessed; consult the original disclosure.
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