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Title: Amphetamine margin in sports. [Effects on performance of highly trained athletes]

Abstract

The amphetamines can enhance athletic performance. That much seems clear from the literature, some of which is reviewed here. Increases in endurance have been demonstrated in both man and rat. Smith and Beecher, 20 years ago, showed improvement of running, swimming, and weight throwing in highly trained athletes. Laboratory analogues of such performance have also been used and similar enhancement demonstrated. The amount of change induced by the amphetamines is usually small, of the order of a few percent. Nevertheless, since a fraction of a percent improvement can make the difference between fame and oblivion, the margin conferred by these drugs can be quite important.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Rochester Univ., NY (USA). Dept. of Radiation Biology and Biophysics
OSTI Identifier:
6774111
Report Number(s):
UR-3490-1853; CONF-8004126-1
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76EV03490
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on drug use in athletics, Anaheim, CA, USA, 15 Apr 1980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BENZEDRINE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; STIMULATION; MAN; PERFORMANCE; MUSCLES; EXERCISE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; AMINES; ANIMALS; DRUGS; FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRIMATES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; VERTEBRATES; 550100* - Behavioral Biology; 551000 - Physiological Systems; 550200 - Biochemistry

Citation Formats

Laties, V. G., and Weiss, B. Amphetamine margin in sports. [Effects on performance of highly trained athletes]. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Laties, V. G., & Weiss, B. Amphetamine margin in sports. [Effects on performance of highly trained athletes]. United States.
Laties, V. G., and Weiss, B. 1980. "Amphetamine margin in sports. [Effects on performance of highly trained athletes]". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6774111.
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title = {Amphetamine margin in sports. [Effects on performance of highly trained athletes]},
author = {Laties, V. G. and Weiss, B.},
abstractNote = {The amphetamines can enhance athletic performance. That much seems clear from the literature, some of which is reviewed here. Increases in endurance have been demonstrated in both man and rat. Smith and Beecher, 20 years ago, showed improvement of running, swimming, and weight throwing in highly trained athletes. Laboratory analogues of such performance have also been used and similar enhancement demonstrated. The amount of change induced by the amphetamines is usually small, of the order of a few percent. Nevertheless, since a fraction of a percent improvement can make the difference between fame and oblivion, the margin conferred by these drugs can be quite important.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6774111}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
}

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