The placebo effect in sports performance: A brief review

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-329

  Beedie, Christopher J ^a   Foad, Abigail J ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CAFFEINE; CARBOHYDRATE; CREATINE; METANDIENONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CYCLING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXPECTANCY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; SPORT; TRIANGULATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BICYCLING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRACK AND FIELD; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 63149094752     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200939040-00004     Document Type: Short Survey

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