Creatine formulations and repeated sprint training: effects on physical and physiological adaptations in soccer players during the short-term preparation phase
Changyuan Duan, Zaitao Wang, Qianjin Wang · 2026
Read Creatine formulations and repeated sprint training: effects on physical and physiological adaptations in soccer players during the short-term preparation phase by Changyuan Duan, Zaitao Wang, Qianjin Wang (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13564169.txt.
Description
Soccer players in a short pre-season camp need fast gains in sprint power, and three forms of the supplement creatine were compared head to head. Changyuan Duan and co-authors ran that comparison in this 2026 study. Forty college players were split by chance into four groups of ten for four weeks.
Three groups took a different creatine form each, the common monohydrate, an ethyl ester form, or a hydrochloride form, while the fourth took a placebo. All followed the same repeated sprint training. Makers claim the newer forms absorb better, but proof is thin. Body and performance measures tracked which form, if any, beat the cheap standard. The study design isolates the supplement effect cleanly.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Changyuan Duan, Zaitao Wang, Qianjin Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |