Performance enhancers Flashcards
Ergogenic aids
illegal or legal practices, substances or methods that improve performance
WADA
World Anti Doping Agency
Why do athletes take performance enhancing drugs?
pressure to perform from themselves, coaches and public
influence of role models
to improve performance in comps and training
what does epo do
Used to stimulate bone marrow and produce more red blood cells
Medical uses of epo
medical uses include cancer and hiv
epo effect on performance
causes a faster rate of aerobic respiration
event for epo
used for endurance events
side effects of epo
side effects include fever, seizures and anxiety
what does blood doping do
boosting the number of red blood cells in the blood stream
Autologous
is when the blood is extracted and frozen to then be thawed and injected at a later date
homoglogous
is the injection of someones elses fresh blood
medical use of blood doping
blood tranfusions
performance effect for blood doping
increases red blood cells and haemoglobin. anaerobic system more efficient and decreases lactic acid and fatigue
athletes that would benefit from blood doping
endurance athletes
side effects from blood doping
heart attack
stroke
allergic reactions
what is hgh and what does it do
Human Growth Hormone is a grwoth hormone that increases growth in muscles and other tissues
medical uses of hgh
dwarfism
turners syndrome
hiv
effect of hgh on performance
increased muscle mass which helps powerful, strength demanding sports
can let them train harder and recover quickly
types of sports that use hgh
powerful, strength demanding sports. weightlifting bodybuilding etc
side effects of hgh
gigantism
cardiac failure
high cholesterol
what do anabolic steroids do
synthetic variations of male sex hormone testosterone
how do you take anabolic steroids?
ingest or inject
Medical uses of anabolic steroids
anaemia
effect of anabolic steroids on performance
increases muscle mass and strength
