Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2025
Идентификатор DOI: 10.7752/jpes.2025.11253
Ключевые слова: physical education, physical training, creatine monohydrate, strength, muscle strength, social life
Аннотация: This study is important owing to the need to identify scientifically validated and safe strategies for enhancing the physical performance of student–athletes during competition. Purpose: To investigate the effects of creatine monohydrate supplementation on strength, speed–strength, and strength endurance in student–athletes. MateriПоказать полностьюals and Methods: Students specializing in strength sports participated in a 24-week educational intervention. They were assigned to either an experimental group (EG), which received creatine monohydrate, or a control group (CG). Changes in maximal strength (triple lift total), strength endurance (bench press to failure), and explosive strength (vertical jump and reactive strength index (RSI)) were measured. Results: The EG demonstrated statistically significant improvements across all motor performance tests compared with the CG. Total triathlon performance increased by 47.0% in the EG versus 29.1% in the CG. The most pronounced difference was observed in the strength endurance test, where the EG improved by 98.8%, nearly three times the improvement seen in the CG (33.3%). The RSI increased by 38.5% in the EG compared with 15.8% in the CG. These results indicate the complex ergogenic effects of creatine, which enhance not only maximal strength but also the ability to sustain performance and the efficiency of the stretch–shortening cycle, likely through optimized energy metabolism in muscle cells. Conclusions: The use of creatine monohydrate in student–athlete training is a highly effective, scientifically supported strategy for enhancing athletic performance. Supplementation facilitates greater improvements in key physical qualities and skills during the competitive phase of training.
Журнал: Journal of Physical Education and Sport
Выпуск журнала: Т. 25, № 11
Номера страниц: 2295-2302
ISSN журнала: 22478051