Creatine Adds a Small Strength Boost to Lifting Weights After 60
Graded Moderate — meta-analysis of 11 randomized trials in adults aged 60 and over, yet certainty was moderate for strength alone and low to very low for muscle mass and physical function.
- Design
- Systematic Review
- Participants
- 11
- Duration
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- Funding
- The authors report no commercial or financial conflicts.
This study suggests creatine may slightly boost the strength gains healthy older adults get from lifting.
Older adults who took creatine alongside resistance training got stronger than those who just lifted weights. The extra gain was real but modest. The same review found no clear added benefit for muscle size or everyday physical function, so those questions are still open. Everyone studied was generally healthy, so the results may not apply to frail or sarcopenic seniors.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The authors report no commercial or financial conflicts.
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