Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise

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Foreword
Preface

Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 History of Doping in Sport
Charles E. Yesalis and Michael S. Bahrke

Chapter 2 Determining the Efficacy of Performance-Enhancing Substances
Stan Reents

Part II Anabolics
Chapter 3 Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids
Michael S. Bahrke and Charles E. Yesalis

Chapter 4 Beta-2 Agonists
Gordon S. Lynch

Chapter 5 Growth Hormone: Physiological Effects of Exogenous Administration
William J. Kraemer, Bradley C. Nindl, and Martyn R. Rubin

Chapter 6 Physiological Effects of Testosterone Precursors
William J. Kraemer, Martyn R. Rubin, Duncan N. French, and Michael R. McGuigan

Chapter 7 Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
R. Craig Kammerer

Part III Blood Doping
Chapter 8 Blood Doping
Björn T. Ekblom

Chapter 9 Erythropoietin
Björn T. Ekblom

Part IV Diuretics
Chapter 10 Diuretics
Lawrence E. Armstrong

Part V Narcotic and Non-Narcotic Analgesics and Depressants
Chapter 11 Narcotic Analgesics and Athletic Performance
Dean F. Connors and John Sudkamp

Chapter 12 Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Corticosteroids
Louis C. Almekinders

Chapter 13 Hypnotics, Anxiolytics, and Neuroleptics
Michel Bourin, Danièle Bentué-Ferrer, Hervé Allain, and Pierre Rochcongar

Chapter 14 Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists
Kurt A. Mossberg and Claire Peel

Part VI Nutritional Ergogenic Aids
Chapter 15 Macronutrients and Metabolic Intermediates
Ellen Coleman and Suzanne Nelson Steen

Chapter 16 Creatine As an Ergogenic Supplement
J. David Branch and Melvin H. Williams

Chapter 17 Sodium Bicarbonate
Michael Webster

Chapter 18 Herbals As Ergogenic Aids
Melvin H. Williams and J. David Branch

Part VII Social/Recreational Drugs
Chapter 19 Alcohol Use in Sport and Exercise
Robert D. Stainback and Rachelle Jansevics Cohen

Chapter 20 Cannabis: Clinical Pharmacology and Performance Effects in Humans
Stephen J. Heishman

Part VIII Stimulants
Chapter 21 Amphetamines
Steven B. Karch

Chapter 22 Caffeine
Lawrence L. Spriet

Chapter 23 Cocaine
Robert K. Conlee

Chapter 24 Ephedrine As an Ergogenic Aid
Eric S. Rawson and Priscilla M. Clarkson

Part IX Miscellaneous Substances
Chapter 25 Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid
Vincenzo R. Sanguineti and Marion Rudin Frank

Chapter 26 Future/Designer Drugs: Emerging Science and Technologies
Gary I. Wadler

Part X Drug Testing
Chapter 27 Drug Testing in Sport and Exercise
R. Craig Kammerer

Chapter 28 Form Over Substances: The Legal Context of Performing-Enhancing Substances
Charles E. Petit

Part XI Summary
Chapter 29 Issues, Concerns, and the Future of Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sport and Exercise
Michael S. Bahrke and Charles E. Yesalis

Appendix: Resources
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors

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Editor(s)

Michael Bahrke, PhD, joined Human Kinetics Publishers in 1994 and is an acquisitions editor in the scientific, technical, and medical division.

He was project director for an anabolic steroids research grant, one of the largest research projects ever funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). He has published many scientific papers on performance-enhancing substances and has made presentations on the topic at numerous scientific meetings, including the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting and the International Conference on the Abuse and Trafficking of Anabolic Steroids, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Bahrke earned a PhD in sport psychology in 1977 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the European College of Sport Science. He is currently working with Dr. Yesalis on a new book for Human Kinetics, The History of Doping in Sport.

Charles Yesalis, ScD, is known worldwide for his research and teaching related to the nonmedical use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. He is currently professor of health policy and administration and exercise and sport science at Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Yesalis has authored and coauthored more than 70 journal articles and has also edited or coauthored three books concerning steroid usage. He is a frequent presenter at international conferences throughout North America and Europe. In addition, he has testified before the U.S. Congress and acted as a consultant for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Drug Enforcement Administration, NFL Players Association, Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Michigan and a doctoral degree from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

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