Drugs in sport /
Drugs in sport /
edited by David R. Mottram.
- 4th ed.
- x, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to drugs and their use in sport / David R. Mottram -- Drug use and abuse in sport / Michele Verroken -- Central nervous system stimulants / Alan J. George -- WADA regulations in relation to drugs used in the treatment of respiratory tract disorders / David J. Armstrong and Neil Chester -- Androgenic anabolic steroids / Alan J. George -- Peptide and glycoprotein hormones and sport / Alan J. George -- Blood boosting and sport / David J. Armstrong and Thomas Reilly -- Drug treatment of inflammation in sports injuries / Peter Elliot -- Alcohol, anti-anxiety drugs and sport / Thomas Reilly -- Creatine / Don MacLaren -- Doping control in sport / Michele Verroken and David R. Mottram -- Prevalence of drug misuse in sport / David R. Mottram. Introduction: drugs and their use in sport -- Sympathomimetic amines and their antagonists -- Anabolic steroids -- Drug treatment of inflammation in sports injuries -- Central nervous system stimulants -- Alcohol, anti-anxiety drugs and exercise -- Future trends for drugs in sport.
Key topics include: action and side effects of each major class of drugs used in sport; the latest doping control regulations of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA); methods and advances in doping control, and the sanctions for testing positive; the use of therapeutic drugs banned in sport; evaluation of the status of creatine as a legitimate nutritional supplement; ethical, political and administrative issues in monitoring drug use; an assessment of the prevalence of drug taking in sport. Includes chapters on blood doping and creatine.
0415375630 (hbk.) 0415375649 (pbk.)
2005010408
GBA560567 bnb
101246127 DNLM 013255647 Uk
Doping in sports.
Doping in Sports.
Sports Medicine.
Substance-Related Disorders.
Athletes --Drug use.
615.7088796 / D.
QT 261 / D7944 2005
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to drugs and their use in sport / David R. Mottram -- Drug use and abuse in sport / Michele Verroken -- Central nervous system stimulants / Alan J. George -- WADA regulations in relation to drugs used in the treatment of respiratory tract disorders / David J. Armstrong and Neil Chester -- Androgenic anabolic steroids / Alan J. George -- Peptide and glycoprotein hormones and sport / Alan J. George -- Blood boosting and sport / David J. Armstrong and Thomas Reilly -- Drug treatment of inflammation in sports injuries / Peter Elliot -- Alcohol, anti-anxiety drugs and sport / Thomas Reilly -- Creatine / Don MacLaren -- Doping control in sport / Michele Verroken and David R. Mottram -- Prevalence of drug misuse in sport / David R. Mottram. Introduction: drugs and their use in sport -- Sympathomimetic amines and their antagonists -- Anabolic steroids -- Drug treatment of inflammation in sports injuries -- Central nervous system stimulants -- Alcohol, anti-anxiety drugs and exercise -- Future trends for drugs in sport.
Key topics include: action and side effects of each major class of drugs used in sport; the latest doping control regulations of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA); methods and advances in doping control, and the sanctions for testing positive; the use of therapeutic drugs banned in sport; evaluation of the status of creatine as a legitimate nutritional supplement; ethical, political and administrative issues in monitoring drug use; an assessment of the prevalence of drug taking in sport. Includes chapters on blood doping and creatine.
0415375630 (hbk.) 0415375649 (pbk.)
2005010408
GBA560567 bnb
101246127 DNLM 013255647 Uk
Doping in sports.
Doping in Sports.
Sports Medicine.
Substance-Related Disorders.
Athletes --Drug use.
615.7088796 / D.
QT 261 / D7944 2005