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Sports spectacle, media and doping: The representations of Olympic drug cases in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis explores the depiction of doping in the press. My interest in the topic stemmed from an early personal experience in competitive athletics where
Pappa, Evdokia
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Relationship between sleep quality, mood state, and performance of elite air-rifle shooters
Background To evaluate the impact of pre-competition sleep quality on the mood and performance of elite air-rifle shooters. Methods Elite shooters who participated in an air-rifle shooting-competition from April 2019 to October 2019 were evaluated using ...
Jiaojiao Lu, Yan An, Jun Qiu
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Where is the frontier between integrity in sport and anti-doping if it exists? [PDF]
David Pavot, Raphael Faiss
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) are a group of the most important and commonly used anti-inflammatory, antiallergenic, and immunosuppressive drugs. Like narcotics, they can be addictive if taken at increasing doses to achieve greater analgesic effects. The purpose
Mariola Wicka +4 more
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Risk and enabling environments in sport: Systematic doping as harm reduction [PDF]
Doping and the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are often considered and discussed as a separate issue from other types of substance use, by sporting bodies, politicians, the media, and athletes who use drugs themselves. However, perceptions and
Andreasson, Jesper +8 more
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Ecdysterone is a naturally occurring steroid hormone of the ecdysteroid class. This group is widely marketed to athletes in dietary supplements as a “natural anabolic agent”, advertised to increase strength and muscle mass during resistance training ...
Krzysztof Grucza +3 more
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Athlete support personnel and anti-doping: knowledge, attitudes, and ethical stance [PDF]
Athlete support personnel (ASP) failing to meet responsibilities under the World Anti-Doping Code risk sanction. It is unclear whether the poor knowledge of responsibilities seen in sports physicians and coaches applies to other ASP (e.g., administrators,
Mazanov, J +9 more
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Glucocorticoids are classified in section S9 of the Prohibited List of the World Anti-Doping Agency, due to a potential risk to improving physical performance and causing harm to the health of athletes.
Yuqi Ge +3 more
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Time for change: a roadmap to guide the implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code 2015 [PDF]
A medical and scientific multidisciplinary consensus meeting was held from 29 to 30 November 2013 on Anti-Doping in Sport at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland, to create a roadmap for the implementation of the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code.
R. Budgett +84 more
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Precipitating or prohibiting factor: Coaches’ perceptions of their role and actions in anti-doping [PDF]
Coaches are frequently cited as potentially precipitating or preventing athletes’ engagement in doping. However, little is known about coaches’ perspectives.
Rhiannon Morris +7 more
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