Cardiovascular and Respiratory Aspects of Exercise – Endurance Training

Strømme, S. B.; Boushel, Robert; Ekblom, Björn; Huikuri, Heikki V.; Tulppo, Mikko P.; Jones, Norman L.

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“…This improved lung function, however, does not lead to performance enhancement in competitive athletes, perhaps because the ease of ventilation is generally not a limiting factor during maximal exercise in young nonasthmatic subjects. 49 During maximal exercise pulmonary ventilation is not as high as the maximal achievable ventilation during clinical tests of ventilation. b 2 AGONISTS AND ANTI-DOPING REGULATIONS WADA publishes an updated list of prohibited substances and methods (Prohibited List) every year as an international standard.…”

Section: Do Inhaled B 2 Agonists Affect Athletic Performance?mentioning

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Inhaled β₂agonists and performance in competitive athletes

Kindermann

Meyer²

2006

Br J Sports Med

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Objectives: To provide an overview of the current literature on the use of inhaled b 2 agonists in nonasthmatic competitive athletes, and to assess the performance enhancing effect of inhaled b 2 agonists. Methods: Review of the literature. Results: Twenty randomised, placebo controlled studies (19 double blind, one single blind) were located. Only three studies reported a performance enhancing effect of inhaled b 2 agonists. However, methodological shortcomings were most likely responsible for these findings (for example, non-elite athletes, inconsistent results in different tests, subgroups with above-average responsiveness). Conclusions: This review reveals that there is no ergogenic potential of inhaled b 2 agonists in nonasthmatic athletes. In view of the epidemiology of asthma in athletes and the considerable workload involved in provision of therapeutic use exemptions the inclusion of inhaled b 2 agonists on the list of prohibited substances should be reconsidered.

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Section: Do Inhaled B 2 Agonists Affect Athletic Performance?mentioning

confidence: 99%