Doping by the pool?
Citation: Koudinov AR. Doping by the pool? Doping J Vol. 1, 1 (27 Aug 2004). Available at: http://dopingjournal.org/content/1/1/
Abstract: Do you watch Olympic Games in Athens? I was forced to when my national swimming team did not get any medal contrasting with the success of the US and Australian athletes. Just before competition all seemed ready to compete and win, but only few were wearing headphones and listening music. Why not all are in equal condition, is it fair, my daughter noted? Research published previously (J Nurs Res. 2003 Sep; 11(3): 209-16) showed that in humans music makes saturation of oxyhemoglobin (SPO(2)) significantly higher (compared with controls not receiving music therapy, p<0.01), and that under music therapy the level of oxygen saturation returns to the baseline faster compared to controls receiving no music, p<0.01), making it hard to detect the transient oxygen saturation shortly thereafter. The statistically significant higher SPO(2) level indicates the "enhancement of oxygen transfer", and implies that "music by the pool" is a prohibited by The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in-competition blood-doping method of "the use of products that enhance the uptake, transport or delivery of oxygen," apparently conflicting with the essense of olympism, and WADA call for "ethics, fair play and honesty." If so, should the Athens Olympic games 2004 swimming results be corrected?
Author: Alexei R. Koudinov
Authors Institution: Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, c/o P.O.Box 1665, Rehovot 76100 Israel. e.mail: alexei[at]koudinov.info
Key words: Anti-Doping; Doping; Blood-doping; enhancement of oxygen transfer; Medical; Sports Medicine; Research; Open Access Peer-Reviewed Journal; Athens 2004 Olympic games; Swimming; Olymic movement; IOC; International Olympic Committee; WADA; FINA; Michael Phelps; Ian Thorpe; IOC medical commission
Abstract: Do you watch Olympic Games in Athens? I was forced to when my national swimming team did not get any medal contrasting with the success of the US and Australian athletes. Just before competition all seemed ready to compete and win, but only few were wearing headphones and listening music. Why not all are in equal condition, is it fair, my daughter noted? Research published previously (J Nurs Res. 2003 Sep; 11(3): 209-16) showed that in humans music makes saturation of oxyhemoglobin (SPO(2)) significantly higher (compared with controls not receiving music therapy, p<0.01), and that under music therapy the level of oxygen saturation returns to the baseline faster compared to controls receiving no music, p<0.01), making it hard to detect the transient oxygen saturation shortly thereafter. The statistically significant higher SPO(2) level indicates the "enhancement of oxygen transfer", and implies that "music by the pool" is a prohibited by The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in-competition blood-doping method of "the use of products that enhance the uptake, transport or delivery of oxygen," apparently conflicting with the essense of olympism, and WADA call for "ethics, fair play and honesty." If so, should the Athens Olympic games 2004 swimming results be corrected?
Author: Alexei R. Koudinov
Authors Institution: Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, c/o P.O.Box 1665, Rehovot 76100 Israel. e.mail: alexei[at]koudinov.info
Key words: Anti-Doping; Doping; Blood-doping; enhancement of oxygen transfer; Medical; Sports Medicine; Research; Open Access Peer-Reviewed Journal; Athens 2004 Olympic games; Swimming; Olymic movement; IOC; International Olympic Committee; WADA; FINA; Michael Phelps; Ian Thorpe; IOC medical commission
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