Tag: doping

Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: POLYDRUG USE AND DRUG MARKET INTERSECTIONS WITHIN POWERLIFTING CULTURES IN REMOTE SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND by Luke A. Turnock.

Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “OH TAKE SOME MAN-UP PILLS”: A LIFE-HISTORY STUDY OF MUSCLES, MASCULINITY, AND THE THREAT OF INJURY by Ieuan Cranswick, David Richardson, Martin Littlewood, David Tod.

Despite the increasing efforts to promote education on anti-doping, there is limited empirical evidence guiding educational anti-doping initiatives. The main goal of this Research Topic is to gather research in the field of doping in sport, particularly anti-doping intervention in adolescents. Interventions are not limited to educational methodologies. Innovative anti-doping intervention designs for adolescents.

Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies invites graduate students to write a journal article review for its next volume (Vol. 29, 2020). Interested reviewers are encouraged to consult with the Journal Article Review Editor before writing an article review. A list of pre-approved articles will be provided to consult upon request. Olympika is particularly interested in reviews of articles that consider the socio-cultural study of doping and the Olympic Games

Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: WHY ARE PLACEBOS NOT ON WADA’S PROHIBITED LIST? by Bengt Kayser.

This special issue will focus on issues related to IPEDs and polydrug use in sport, bodybuilding, fitness, or other populations. Polydrug use related to image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) – using multiple IPEDs or IPEDs in combination with other substances – has been reported in both qualitative and quantitative research on IPED use. Issue editors: April Henning, University of Stirling, UK, and Jesper Andreasson, Linnaeus University, Sweden.

Anna Qvarfordt is a senior lecturer in Sports Science at the University of Gävle. She has a PhD in Sport Science and in her dissertation she analyses the legitimacy of global anti-doping policy from the perspective of elite athletes. Anna is also involved in research on fitness doping where young people's perceptions of body image, health, exercise and doping means are studied.

The Department of Sport and Social Sciences has a vacant PhD candidate position in the field of sport philosophy. There is the possibility of applying to one out of two (or to both) predefined PhD projects. One project will be focusing on the ethics of medicalization and performance-enhancing means in sport, and the other on eco-philosophical and environmental issues in sport.

Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being. Editor’s pick from the current issue: INSIDE A STEROID ‘BREWING’ AND SUPPLY OPERATION IN SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND: AN ‘ETHNOGRAPHIC NARRATIVE CASE STUDY’ by Luke A. Turnock.

Performance enhancement may be linked to productivity, identity, social capital or pleasure, while health is envisaged broadly as absence of disease, optimal functioning, and well-being. Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being.