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December 2013
Substanc e use and m isuse am ong Slovenian
table tennis player s
Substance use and
misuse (SU&M) is regularly studied in
sports, but we have
found no such data for
table tennis. We have
studied SU&M in athletes competing on
the Slovenian Nationals
2008-2009
(responding rate was
100%; 50 males and 29
females; aged 18 years
or older). The anonymous questionnaire
for studying SU&M
and corresponding
educational, sociodemographic,
and
sport factors was
used. More than 90%
of all the athletes included in our study do
not rely on coaches'
and/or
physicians'
opinion regarding nutritional supplements
and doping. Chisquare test revealed
higher prevalence of
binge drinking, cigarette smoking, and
potential doping behavior in males. In
both genders, with the
advancement of the
sport status, the probability for potential
doping behavior increases. In conclusion,
we strongly suggest
permanent SU&M educational programs for
table tennis athletes
and, nevertheless,
Key words of paper Nr.2:
Doping
Anti doping
Substance use
Slovenia
Table tennis
their coaches and physicians.
By:
Kondrič, M., Sekulić, D. & Furjan Mandić, G. (2011). Substance use and misuse
among Slovenian table tennis players. Subst. use misuse, 45(4), 543-553.
Access to the paper:
http://informahealthcare.com/toc/sum/45/4
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