BIOD35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: World Anti-Doping Agency, Post-Nasal Drip, Pulmonary Function Testing
5 Dec 2016
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Integrated support team - team of health care professionals and researchers in order to help the athletes. When the athletes takes a banned substance for a medical purpose. Rationale for non-cardiac medical components: prevalence of asthma in athletes is high. Varies from 3-23% in summer sports and 12-50% in winter sports: blood monitoring because decreased iron and anemia are common conditions found in athletes (especially females, rhinoconjunctivitis: characterized by one or several of the following symptoms: Nasal congestion, runny nose, post-nasal drip, sneezing, red eyes (conjunctivitis), and itching of the nose or eyes. All interfere with training, and are therefore important to control: post-training immunosuppression and increased risk of infection. However, acute systemic infective illness contraindicates competition due to risk of viral myocarditis. Components of the periodic health evaluation: non-cardiac medical components. Athletes are responsible for their own medication and whether or not it is prohibited. Scat3, impact shift, and king-devick test: impact shift is the least reliable.
