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Ryan A, Hanley D, Adlercreutz H, Fitch K, Percy E
Phys Sportsmed . 2016 Jul; 11(8):131-45. PMID: 27431844
Concerns about the costs and effectiveness of drug testing in reducing drug use and abuse among athletes has sparked a debate about whether testing should be continued, expanded in scope,...
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Morton A, Fitch K, Hahn A
Phys Sportsmed . 2016 Jul; 9(3):50-64. PMID: 27430135
In brief: Recent studies suggest that avoiding exercise is unwarranted and detrimental for asthmatics. Although exercise provokes bronchospasm in most asthmatics, the severity of exercise-induced asthma can be reduced by...
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Fitch K
Aust J Physiother . 2014 Jul; 18(1):12-4. PMID: 25026268
One question which is frequently asked of me is "What is Sports Medicine?" A somewhat facetious friend has replied "It's a lurk designed to get a good parking spot at...
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Catlin D, Fitch K, Ljungqvist A
J Intern Med . 2008 Aug; 264(2):99-114. PMID: 18702750
The fight against doping in sports commenced as a result of the death of a Danish cyclist during the Rome Olympic Games in 1960. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) established...
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Roig M, Berges R, Ventura R, Fitch K, Morton A, Segura J
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci . 2002 Mar; 768(2):315-24. PMID: 11888060
The International Olympic Committee and World AntiDoping Agency restricts the use of beta2-agonists and only the inhaled administration of terbutaline, salbutamol, formoterol and salmeterol is permitted for therapeutic reasons. The...
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Anderson S, Lambert S, Brannan J, Wood R, Koskela H, Morton A, et al.
Med Sci Sports Exerc . 2001 Jun; 33(6):893-900. PMID: 11404653
Purpose: As new delivery devices and formulations are being introduced for drugs given by inhalation, there is a need to evaluate their equivalence with old preparations. One way to do...
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Berges R, Segura J, Ventura R, Fitch K, Morton A, Farre M, et al.
Clin Chem . 2000 Sep; 46(9):1365-75. PMID: 10973867
Background: The administration of salbutamol is permitted only by inhalation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the management of asthma and exercise-induced asthma in athletes. The establishment of criteria...
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Ventura R, Segura J, Berges R, Fitch K, Morton A, Berruezo S, et al.
Ther Drug Monit . 2000 Jun; 22(3):277-82. PMID: 10850394
Salbutamol administration in athletes is permitted only by inhalation, for the management of asthma. The authors discuss different criteria for suspecting oral use of salbutamol, taking into account the data...
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Morton A, Joyce K, Papalia S, Carroll N, Fitch K
Clin J Sport Med . 1996 Oct; 6(4):220-5. PMID: 8894333
Objective: To assess the effects of 50 micrograms of inhaled salmeterol on pulmonary function, selected physical capacities, and fine motor control in 16 nonasthmatic male cyclists and triathletes, mean age...
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Morton A, Fitch K
Sports Med . 1992 Oct; 14(4):228-42. PMID: 1475552
Almost all asthmatics are prone to asthma triggered by moderate to severe exercise. Fortunately there are a number of pharmaceutical agents now available which can prevent and/or reverse exercise-induced asthma...