Research · Meta-analysis
Creatine supplementation during resistance training in older adults — a meta-analysis
What it found
Creatine added to resistance training produced greater gains in lean mass (~1.3 kg more), chest-press and leg-press strength, and chair-stand performance than training alone — benefit is contingent on training.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Year
- 2014
- Sample size
- 357
- Population
- older adults (mean age ~63), ~12.6 weeks resistance training (12 RCTs)
- Intervention
- creatine monohydrate during resistance training vs placebo + same training
- Outcome
- lean mass, upper/lower-body strength, functional performance
- Journal
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.