The authors have compiled clinical and scientific research and reference material concerning the use and abuse of performance-enchancing substances among professional, Olympic-level, university and school athletes. In addition, data on health-effects of performance-enhancing substances and information concerning the legal aspects of substance use in sport and exercise are provided.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
32 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white halftones
Maße
Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7360-3679-5 (9780736036795)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
History of doping in sport; determining the efficacy of performance-enhancing substances; anabolic-androgenic steroids; Beta-2 agonists; growth hormone - physiological effects of exogenous adminisration; physiological effects of testosterone precursors; human chorionic gonadotropin; blood doping; erythropoietin; diuretics; narcotic analgesics and athletic performance; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids; hypnotics, anxiolytics and neuroleptics; Beta-andrenergic antagonists; macronutrients and metabolic intermediates; creatine as an ergogenic supplement; sodium bicarbonate; herbals as ergogenic aids; alcohol use in sport and exercise; cannabis - clinical pharmacology and performance effects in humans; amphetamines; caffeine; cocaine; ephedrine as an ergogenic aid; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid; future/designer drugs - emerging science and technologies; drug testing in sport and exercise; form over substances - the legal context of performance-enhancing substances.
