Associations between Physical and Cognitive Doping – A Cross-Sectional Study in 2.997 Triathletes

Pavel Dietz; Rolf Ulrich; Robert Dalaker; Heiko Striegel; Andreas G. Franke; Klaus Lieb; Perikles Simon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078702

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Associations between Physical and Cognitive Doping – A Cross-Sectional Study in 2.997 Triathletes

Pavel Dietz,

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Disease Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Rolf Ulrich,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Robert Dalaker,

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Disease Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Heiko Striegel,

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Andreas G. Franke,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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Klaus Lieb,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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Perikles Simon

* E-mail: simonpe@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Disease Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Associations between Physical and Cognitive Doping – A Cross-Sectional Study in 2.997 Triathletes

Pavel Dietz,
Rolf Ulrich,
Robert Dalaker,
Heiko Striegel,
Andreas G. Franke,
Klaus Lieb,
Perikles Simon

Published: November 13, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078702

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This study does not measure doping

Posted by CleanTriathlete on 25 Nov 2013 at 23:15 GMT

If someone used a single caffeine tablet (in Germany only available in pharmacies) within a year before completing the questionnaire, he had to answer the physical and the cognitive doping question positively although that is not related to doping at all - at least not by the definition of the world anti doping agency (WADA).

Competing interests declared: I am a triathlete.

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