Doping in sport and acupuncture

Česká verzia

Authors: E. Radzo
Authors place of work: Klinika telovýchového lekárstva, fyziatrie a rehabilitácie ; Prednosta: doc. MUDr. Tibor Marček, CSc., mim. prof. ; Lekárska fakulta Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava, Slovensko
Published in the journal: Prakt. Lék. 2010; 90(12): 718-720
Category: Various Specialization

Summary

The World Antidoping Agency was established in 1999 to promote drug-free sport and to coordinate and monitor the fight against doping. Society clearly declared its interest in a long-term solution to preventing doping through effective values-based education programs that can foster antidoping behavior and create a strong antidoping culture. Based on current doping reports, athletes prefer to use non-prohibited and OTC medications to boost their athletic performance rather than prohibited ones.

Acupuncture is an interesting method from the point of view of doping. One reason that acupuncture may be added to the list of banned methods may be the potential analgesic mechanism of acupuncture, which is known to be associated with the activation of the endogenous opioid system. Acupuncture and other alternative medicine techniques, used to enhance performance, should be clearly distinguished from the methods with doping potential. For this purpose the existing World Antidoping Agency criteria should be clearly defined for these methods.

Key words:
sport, doping, alternative techniques, acupuncture.

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