Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation Does Not Improve Functional Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty Brian D. Roy, PhD, Justin de Beer, MD, David Harvey, MD, Mark A. Tarnopolsky, MD, PhD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 86, Issue 7, Pages 1293-1298 (July 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.01.005 Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Change in body mass from -7 days to 30 days with and without creatine monohydrate supplementation (placebo). Values are mean ± SD. Abbreviations: CM, creatine monohydrate; PL, placebo. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1293-1298DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2005.01.005) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Serum creatinine concentrations at -7 days and 30 days with and without creatine monohydrate supplementation (placebo). Values are mean ± SD. *Significantly different from -7 days (P<.05). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1293-1298DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2005.01.005) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Mean muscle fiber area for type I and type II muscle fibers at 30 days with and without creatine monohydrate supplementation (placebo). Values are mean ± SD. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1293-1298DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2005.01.005) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions