Component
Skeletal-muscle phosphocreatine concentration
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1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
Creatine alone and creatine plus caffeine each increased muscle phosphocreatine by 4–6%; measured ATP stayed constant.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Nine healthy men; six-day creatine loading 0.5 g/kg/day, with or without caffeine 5 mg/kg/day; intermittent knee-extensor testing.
- limitations
- Small protocol-specific trial. Creatine accumulation and performance were separate endpoints.
- nutrient_topic
- Caffeine collection; salts, coffee, species and coexposure contexts retain their identities. · Caffeine
- plain_language
- Caffeine did not block the measured phosphocreatine increase.
- primary_references
- Caffeine counteracts the ergogenic action of muscle creatine loading. · 1996 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8929583/ · DOI 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.2.452
Caffeine: receptors, metabolism, nutrient interactions, adaptation and discovery questions (2026-09-18) · lines 444–450
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Nine healthy men; six-day creatine loading 0.5 g/kg/day, with or without caffeine 5 mg/kg/day; intermittent knee-extensor testing. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## caf-creatine-pcr Caffeine did not block the measured phosphocreatine increase. Creatine alone and creatine plus caffeine each increased muscle phosphocreatine by 4–6%; measured ATP stayed constant. Model: Nine healthy men; six-day creatine loading 0.5 g/kg/day, with or without caffeine 5 mg/kg/day; intermittent knee-extensor testing. Limitations: Small protocol-specific trial. Creatine accumulation and performance were separate endpoints. Evidence access: Primary abstract Caffeine counteracts the ergogenic action of muscle creatine loading. · 1996 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8929583/ · DOI 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.2.452
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