Performance Enhancers Flashcards
What are ergogenic aids
Practices, substances or methods that improves performance (legal or illegal)
Why do athletes take illegal drugs?
-personal and environmental factors can contribute to this
Name 4 personal reason athletes take drugs
Dissatisfaction with their own performance
Psychology dependence
Self pressure and doubt, lack of confidence, stress and anxiety
Being easily influenced by peers
Name 4 environmental reasons
Drug culture (friends or family using)
Pressure from others
Fame associated with having to be the best
Time and schedule of events
EPO:
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
- stands for erythropoietin and it helps regulate red blood cell production
- oxygen can be transported around the body easier making the Aerobic system better.
- endurance athletes
- anemia, renal failure, cancer and pre-post surgery
- fever, seizures, nausea
BLOOD DOPING:
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
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Human growth hormone:
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
-it is produced by the pituitary gland and is essential for normal growth and development.
Anabolic steroids:
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
-synthetic variations of the male sex hormone testosterone
Beta blockers:
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
-are drugs that block adrenaline from binding to the beta receptors on nerves.
Gene therapy
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
-replacing a gene with a healthy copy of the same gene
Caffeine
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
-a stimulant drug that acts on the brain and nervous system
Creatine and protein:
- description
- effects on performance
- types of athlete
- medical uses
- side effects
-increases the body’s ability to produce energy rapidly.
