Link: http://journals.lww.com/acsm- msse/Fulltext/1998/01000/Effects_of_creatine_supplementation_on_body.11.aspx?WT.mc_id=EMxj18x 20110829xL5# Tables: http://journals.lww.com/acsm- msse/pages/imagegallery.aspx?year=1998&issue=01000&article=00011 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: January 1998 - Volume 30 - Issue 1 - pp 73-82 Basic Sciences: Original Investigations Effects of creatine supplementation on body composition, strength, and sprint performance KREIDER, RICHARD B.; FERREIRA, MARIA; WILSON, MICHAEL; GRINDSTAFF, PAMELA; PLISK, STEVEN; REINARDY, JEFF; CANTLER, EDWARD; ALMADA, A. L. Author Information Exercise & Sport Sciences Laboratory, Department of Human Movement Sciences & Education and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152; and Experimental& Applied Sciences, Inc., Golden, CO 80401 Submitted for publication February 1997. Accepted for publication September 1997. Abstract Purpose: To determine the effects of 28 d of creatine supplementation during training on body composition, strength, sprint performance, and hematological profiles. Methods: In a double-blind and randomized manner, 25 NCAA division IA football players were matched-paired and assigned to supplement their diet for 28 d during resistance/agility training (8 h·wk -1 ) with a Phosphagen HP (Experimental and Applied Sciences, Golden, CO) placebo (P) containing 99 g·d -1 of glucose, 3 g·d -1 of taurine, 1.1 g·d -1 of disodium phosphate, and 1.2 g·d -1 of potassium phosphate (P) or Phosphagen HP containing the P with 15.75 g·d -1 of HPCE pure creatine monohydrate (HP). Before and after supplementation, fasting blood samples were