Performance profiling: a role for sport science in the fight against doping?

Challenges and threats to implementing the fight against doping in sport.

Prominent doping cases in certain sports have recently raised public awareness of doping and reinforced the perception that doping is widespread. Efforts to deal with doping in sport have intensified in recent years, yet the general public believes that the 'cheaters' are ahead of the testers. Therefore, there is an urgent need to change the antidoping strategy. For example, the increase in the...

Contemporary issues in the fight against blood doping in sport.

Prevalence, Attitude and Tendency Toward Use of Performance-enhancing Supplements in Athletes in North Khorasan Province

  Background and Objectives: Nowadays, despite several global initiatives, the use of doping agents has become a problem in athletic societies. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to investigate the prevalence, attitude and tendency toward the use of performance-enhancing supplements among athletes in North Khorasan Province.   Methods: The statistical population of this cross-sectio...

Social Determinants of Intention to Dope in Sports Clubs and Institutions

Doping is the use of drug for the purpose of improving performance in general and sports performance in particular. Rejection or acceptance of the use of banned substances by athletes is determined by internal factors that are subjective and external or social. Against this background, the present study examined social risk factors as determinants of intention (temptation) to use banned substan...

Doping Behaviors and Prevention in Amateur Sport: An Update and New Perspective

Background: Doping is not limited to elite athletes. To reduce doping in sport, it seems important to influence young athletes in primary prevention. Purpose: Based on previous research, the purpose of this paper is to give an overview on doping behaviors in amateur sport, actual prevention campaigns, and to propose a new perspective in doping prevention. Methods: This mini-review is based on a...