Performance Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise

ISBN: 0736036792

Author: Bahrke, Michael S.

Condition: Used

Two well-known and highly respected authorities on performance-enhancing substance use in sport and exercise have assembled the contributions of leading experts in the field. The result is the most comprehensive, up-to-date text available on the use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances among athletes today.This authoritative and heavily referenced book includes everything from anabolics and stimulants to gene transfer therapy and beyond. It presents the following:The history of doping in sport and exerciseThe latest clinical and scientific research and reference material available concerning the use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances among professional, Olympic-level, college, and high school athletesImportant developments in the legal aspects of use in sport and exerciseNew information related to substance and drug testingThe issues surrounding assessment of the efficacy of performance-enhancing substancesInformation on the new and emerging technologies-such as gene transfer therapy and new drug delivery systems-that have potential for abuse by athletesNo other text offers analyses of the ergogenic efficacy of nearly every substance currently used and abused by athletes today. It paints a complete picture of performance-enhancing substances and related issues. It gathers essential studies, data, and commentary not available elsewhere in one resource. Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise features 29 chapters covering dozens of substances, thousands of references, and chapters devoted to the history and future of performance-enhancing substances in sport and exercise, the determination of the efficacy of substances, drug testing, and legal issues