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Author FundaciĆ³n Dr. Antonio Esteve. Symposium (7th : 1996) : (Sitges, Spain)

Title The clinical pharmacology of sport and exercise : proceedings of the Esteve Foundation Symposium VII, Sitges, Spain, 2-5 October 1996 / editors, Thomas Reilly and Michael Orme
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science B.V., Excerpta Medica, 1997

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Description xv, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series International congress series ; no. 1125
International congress series ; no. 1125
Contents About the Esteve Foundation -- Doping in sport: the extent of the problem / D. R. Mottram, T. Reilly and N. Chester -- Testing for drug abuse / D. A. Cowan -- Limits to research on drugs and sport / P. M. Clarkson and H. S. Thompson -- Health-related issues: use of drugs and exercise / M. H. Williams -- Overtraining, immunosuppression, exercise-induced muscle damage and anti-inflammatory drugs / M. Gleeson, A. K. Blannin and N. P. Walsh -- Health-related aspects of the use and abuse of beta-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs / M. Orme -- Sports, free radicals and antioxidants. Methodological considerations / O. I. Aruoma -- Nicotine effects during physical activity / K. A. Perkins -- Oestrogen, exercise and bone: hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives / A. D. Martin and M. A. Petit -- Exogenous oestrogen: the female, cardiovascular disease and exercise / K. Birch -- Physiology of muscle fatigue during intense exercise / J. Bangsbo -- Anabolic-androgenic steroids: ergogenic and cardiovascular effects / N. T. Cable -- Pharmacology of bodybuilding / T. D. Fahey -- Alkalinizers: influence of blood acid-base status on performance / D. P. M. MacLaren -- Creatine supplementation in humans / P. D. Balsom -- The effect of athletic training and dietary factors on the modulation of muscle glycogen / F. Brouns -- Blood doping, erythropoietin and altitude / B. Ekblom -- Branched-chain amino acids and endurance performance / A. J. M. Wagenmakers -- The human eccrine sweat gland: a possible growth hormone target organ? / A. Juul, B. Nielsen and N. Hjortskov [et al.] -- The use of beverages as ergogenic aids / J. B. Leiper -- Do psychological strategies for performance enhancement actually work? / K. Davids -- The possible actions of methylxanthines on various tissues / T. E. Graham -- The role of tranquilisers in sport and exercise / A. Miles -- Alcohol: its influence in sport and exercise / T. Reilly -- Pharmacology and the travelling athlete / G. Atkinson, T. Reilly and J. Waterhouse [et al.]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Doping in sports -- Congresses.
Enriched foods -- Congresses.
Exercise -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses.
Sports medicine -- Congresses.
Sports -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses.
Doping in Sports.
Food, Fortified.
Sports Medicine.
Sports -- physiology.
Doping in Sports.
Food, Fortified.
Sports Medicine.
Sports -- physiology.
Genre/Form Congress.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Orme, Michael, 1940-
Reilly, Thomas, 1941-2009.
LC no. 97011696
ISBN 0444824545 (alk. paper)