Drugs and Ergogenic Aids to Improve Sport Performance

Topics covered include the factors limiting human performance, the use of legal nutritional supplements during a sporting event to assist energy metabolism, the biochemistry of drugs and doping methods used to enhance sport performance, the response of muscle metabolism to exercise, nutrition and anabolic agents (including signal transduction pathways that regulate muscle growth), the mode of action and effect on sports performance of caffeine and other sympathomimetic stimulants, gene doping and the use of drug testing to detect prohibited methods and substances used in sports.