Background and Aim Measuring the prevalence of doping in recreational sport is difficult. However, to fit their initiatives, National Anti-Doping Organizations are interested in knowing the numbers, so their scarce resources are not wasted.
Ask Vest Christiansen +3 more
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Analysis of doping control test results in individual and team sports from 2003 to 2015
Background: Determining the prevalence of doping in sport might be useful for anti-doping authorities to gauge the effectiveness of anti-doping policies implemented to prevent positive attitudes toward doping. Using questionnaires and personal interviews,
Millán Aguilar-Navarro +3 more
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Doping in Contest-Like Situations [PDF]
Individuals who compete in a contest-like situation (for example, in sports, in promotion tournaments, or in an appointment contest) may have an incentive to illegally utilize resources in order to improve their relative positions. We analyze such doping
Kräkel, Matthias
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Web-based anti-doping education: A needs analysis for achievement sport athletes
This research is motivated by the many outstanding sports athletes who do not understand doping. Increasing the understanding of high-achieving sports athletes about doping can be done through online anti-doping education.
Rika Sepriani, Bafirman, Mudjiran
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The attitudes and beliefs of paralympians and athletes with disabilities on doping in sport [PDF]
Background: Modern sport is focused on success, generating high-level performance, and crossing physiological barriers. Breaking records and winning is associated with financial benefits but it also raises the social prestige of the athlete.
Magdalena Zmuda Palka +2 more
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The use of genes for performance enhancement: doping or therapy? [PDF]
Recent biotechnological advances have permitted the manipulation of genetic sequences to treat several diseases in a process called gene therapy. However, the advance of gene therapy has opened the door to the possibility of using genetic manipulation ...
Collares, T. F. +4 more
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Capturing doping attitudes by self-report declarations and implicit assessment: a methodology study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Understanding athletes' attitudes and behavioural intentions towards performance enhancement is critical to informing anti-doping intervention strategies.
Aidman, Eugene V +2 more
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A pilot study comparing the metabolic profiles of elite-level athletes from different sporting disciplines [PDF]
Background: The outstanding performance of an elite athlete might be associated with changes in their blood metabolic profile. The aims of this study were to compare the blood metabolic profiles between moderate- and high-power and endurance elite ...
A Boldyrev +51 more
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A False Start in the Race Against Doping in Sport: Concerns With Cycling’s Biological Passport [PDF]
Professional cycling has suffered from a number of doping scandals. The sport’s governing bodies have responded by implementing an aggressive new antidoping program known as the biological passport.
A Blomqvist +57 more
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Sport motivation and doping in adolescent athletes. [PDF]
BACKGROUND:Although performance-enhancing drugs appear to be prevalent in adolescent sports, relatively little attention has been paid to why adolescent athletes decide to use these drugs.
Jiri Mudrak +2 more
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