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The Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Upper- and Lower-Body Strength and Power: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Fatemeh Kazeminasab, Ali Bahrami Kerchi, Fatemeh Sharafifard, Mahdi Zarreh, Scott C Forbes, Donny M Camera, Charlotte Lanhers, Alexei Wong, Michael Nordvall, Reza Bagheri and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Fatemeh KazeminasabDepartment of Physical Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan 87317-53153, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7309-3637
Ali Bahrami KerchiDepartment of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan 39998-81551, Iran.
Fatemeh SharafifardDepartment of Physical Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan 87317-53153, Iran.ORCID 0009-0001-4425-610X
Mahdi ZarrehDepartment of Physical Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan 87317-53153, Iran.ORCID 0009-0000-7521-1281
Scott C ForbesDepartment of Physical Education Studies, Brandon University, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6896-5552
Donny M CameraDepartment of Health and Biostatistics, Swinburne University, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia.
Charlotte LanhersUniversité Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UNH, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Alexei WongSchool of Health Sciences, Health and Human Performance, Marymount University, Arlington, VA 22207-4299, USA.
Michael NordvallSchool of Health Sciences, Health and Human Performance, Marymount University, Arlington, VA 22207-4299, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1100-478X
Reza BagheriDepartment of Exercise Physiology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81746-73441, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1433-2906
Frédéric DutheilUniversité Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, LaPSCo, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1468-6029

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CreatineDietary SupplementsMuscle StrengthAdultFemaleHand StrengthHumansLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResistance TrainingYoung AdultCreatinecreatine supplementationexercise performancemuscular adaptationsnutritional supplementsresistance training

Identifiers

PMID40944139
PMCPMC12430374

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Registered trials

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