The Development of Sports Medicine

• Autores: Ivan Waddington
• Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 13, Nº. 2, 1996, págs. 176-196
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The development of sports medicine can be understood in terms of a conjuncture involving processes of medicalization and the increasing competitiveness of modern sport. It is also suggested that the growing involvement of sports physicians in the search for championship-winning performances has led them not only to develop improved mechanical and psychological techniques, but also to play an active part in the development of performance-enhancing drugs and techniques. The argument is developed via three case studies: the relationship between sports medicine and drug use in some of the former communist countries of Eastern Europe; the early development of anabolic steroids in the United States; and the development of “blood doping.”