Effects of creatine supplementation on football players: a literature review

  • Paulo César Trindade da Costa Centro de Educação e Saúde, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Cuité-PB, Brasil; Faculdade de Quixeramobim, Campina Grande-PB, Brasil.
  • Fillipe de Oliveira Pereira Centro de Educação e Saúde, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Cuité-PB, Brasil.
Keywords: Creatine, Supplementation, Football players

Abstract

Sports nutrition is an extremely important factor for athletic performance in types of exercise of varying intensity and duration, and the creation of nutritional supplements most used in sports. In this sense, this study proposed to gather, analyze, compare and interpret study data, describing the effects of creative supplementation on football players. The search for articles was performed using the advanced form in the VHL and PubMed databases, using terms of creatine, supplementation and "soccer players". The term creatine was used in combination with the other descriptors. Indexed studies were analyzed from January 2014 to August 2019, and six studies were selected on the effects of creative supplementation on football. They were used to use the creatine saturation protocol as an ergogenic feature that seems to be effective on the performance of football athletes, especially in relation to muscle capacity. However, when supplementation occurs in the short term, the results are presented controversially using the allowable doses. In addition, respiratory health monitoring is recommended for football who regularly use creatine supplementation.

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Published
2021-05-19
How to Cite
Costa, P. C. T. da, & Pereira, F. de O. (2021). Effects of creatine supplementation on football players: a literature review. RBNE - Brazilian Journal of Sports Nutrition, 13(83), 1071-1079. Retrieved from https://www.rbne.com.br/index.php/rbne/article/view/1519
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Scientific Articles - Original