Creatine-Kinase- and Exercise-Related Muscle Damage Implications for Muscle Performance and Recovery

Figure 1

Phosphocreatine (PCr) circuit showing the rephosphorylation of creatine (Cr) in mitochondria using ATP derived from oxidative phosphorylation (oxid phos) and subsequent use of mitochondrial PCr by cytosolic creatine kinase (CK) to resupply ATP for muscle activity, adapted from Saks [5].