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Predicting the protein targets for athletic performance-enhancing substances. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Cheminform, 2013
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the Prohibited List, a manually compiled international standard of substances and methods prohibited in-competition, out-of-competition and in particular sports. It would be ideal to be able to identify all substances that have one or more performance-enhancing pharmacological actions in an automated, fast ...
Mavridis L, Mitchell JB.
europepmc   +7 more sources

Legal Performance-Enhancing Substances and Substance Use Problems Among Young Adults. [PDF]

open access: yesPediatrics, 2020
BACKGROUND: Legal performance-enhancing substance(s) (PES) (eg, creatine) are widely used among adolescent boys and young men; however, little is known about their temporal associations with substance use behaviors ...
Ganson KT   +3 more
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Cerebral Correlates of Automatic Associations Towards Performance Enhancing Substances. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol, 2015
The direct assessment of explicit attitudes toward performance enhancing substances, for example Neuroenhancement or doping in sports, can be affected by social desirability biases and cheating attempts. According to Dual Process Theories of cognition, indirect measures like the Implicit Association Test (IAT) measure automatic associations toward a ...
Schindler S, Wolff W.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances [PDF]

open access: yesPediatrics, 2016
Performance-enhancing substances (PESs) are used commonly by children and adolescents in attempts to improve athletic performance. More recent data reveal that these same substances often are used for appearance-related reasons as well. PESs include both legal over-the-counter dietary supplements and illicit pharmacologic agents.
Michele LaBotz   +13 more
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Characteristics of Gym-Goers Performance-Enhancing Substance Use [PDF]

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
The use of prohibited performance-enhancing substances (PES) in fitness and gym settings is a public health concern as knowledge concerning its short-term and long-term adverse health consequences is emerging. Understanding the underlying psychosocial mechanisms of PES use and the characteristics of the gym-goers who use PES could help identify those ...
Ana Sofia R. Tavares   +4 more
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Cardiovascular Toxicities of Performance-Enhancing Substances in Sports [PDF]

open access: yesMayo Clinic Proceedings, 2005
Athletes commonly use drugs and dietary supplements to improve athletic performance or to assist with weight loss. Some of these substances are obtainable by prescription or by illegal means; others are marketed as supplements, vitamins, or minerals.
Ritesh, Dhar   +5 more
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Performance enhancing substances in sport and exercise [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Sports Medicine, 2005
Edited by Michael S Bahrke, Charles E Yesalis. Published by Human Kinetics, 2002, £43.00 (hardcover), pp 384. ISBN 0736036792 This is a worthwhile addition to the library of all who work in sport and exercise medicine whether as physician, physiotherapist, or sports scientist.
openaire   +1 more source

Task Force 9: Drugs and performance-enhancing substances

open access: yesJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 2005
Athletes commonly use drugs and dietary supplements because they hope to improve athletic performance. These performance-enhancing substances include ergogenic and thermogenic supplements, stimulants, anabolic steroids, peptide hormones, and others.
Estes, N.A. Mark   +3 more
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Performance-enhancing substances: What athletes are using

open access: yesCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2001
Use of performance-enhancing substances is widespread among competitive athletes, whether professional or amateur, adolescent or adult. Some of these substances are legal and beneficial, but others are illegal or have adverse or unproven effects. This article describes the action and effects of these substances, their legality, and their potential for ...
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