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A mixed-method study about performance-enhancing agents: Exploring the insights of university students, public, and sports club stakeholders

open access: yesAdvances in Biomedical and Health Sciences, 2022
Background: This mixed-method study explored knowledge, perceptions, and practices of performance-enhancing agents (PEAs) among university students, the public, and sports club stakeholders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methods: A mixed-method study
Amna M Othman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurostimulation, doping, and the spirit of sport [PDF]

open access: yesNeuroethics, 2020
AbstractThere is increasing interest in using neuro-stimulation devices to achieve an ergogenic effect in elite athletes. Although the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) does not currently prohibit neuro-stimulation techniques, a number of researchers have called on WADA to consider its position on this issue.
Pugh, Jonathan D   +1 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Using the prototype willingness model to predict doping in sport. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
To enable preventive measures to be designed, it is important to identify modifiable distal and proximal factors underlying doping behavior. This study investigated aspects of the prototype willingness model in relation to doping. A cross-sectional study
Ajzen   +33 more
core   +1 more source

Development and activities of the fight against doping

open access: yesJournal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2013
Although doping has a long history of use to enhance performance in competition, the sports community has long fought against it, as it destroys the spirit of athletic integrity. Doping is of course currently prohibited, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (
Takao Akama, Ayako Abe
doaj   +1 more source

Current Insights into the Potential Misuse of Platelet-based Applications for Doping in Sports

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019
Platelet-based applications are currently used for the delivery of growth factors and other biomolecules as autologous biomaterials in regenerative medicine and cosmetic therapies.
D. Scully, A. Matsakas
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Oscar Pistorius and the Future Nature of Olympic, Paralympic, and Other Sports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Oscar Pistorius is a Paralympic bionic leg runner and record holder in the 100, 200, and 400 meters who wants to compete in the Olympics. This paper provides an analysis of a) his case; b) the impact of his case on the Olympics, the Paralympics and other
Gregor Wolbring
core   +1 more source

Development of Doping in sports: overview and analysis

open access: yesJournal of Physical Education and Sport, 2018
Doping is a public health issue and not simply a problem inside the professional sports community It is a complex and ancient phenomenon considering the vast variety of substances, supplied through both legal and illegal trading routes.
F. Mazzeo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficient Ways to Combat Doping in a Sports Education Context!? A Systematic Review on Doping Prevention Measures Focusing on Young Age Groups

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021
Youth is characterized by testing and crossing natural boundaries, sometimes with the help of performance-enhancing substances. In this context, doping prevention measures play a crucial role to protect individuals both within and outside the context of ...
K. Pöppel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reporting doping in sport: national level athletes' perceptions of their role in doping prevention. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper qualitatively explores national level athletes' willingness to report doping in sport. Following ethical approval, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine national level athletes from rugby league (n = 5) and track and field ...
Australian Crime Commission   +36 more
core   +1 more source

Anti-doping agency: Knowledge, human resources, innovations in the struggle for pure national sports [PDF]

open access: yesFizička Kultura, 2019
Anti-Doping Agency of the Republic of Serbia (ADAS) was founded by the Law on Prevention of Doping in Sports in 2005, and started operating on January 1, 2006. The fight against doping in Serbia is fundamentally associated with the adoption of the Law on
Dikić Nenad
doaj  

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