Performance-enhancing drug use

Gary A Green

doi:10.3928/01477447-20090728-39

Performance-enhancing drug use

Orthopedics. 2009 Sep;32(9):orthosupersite.com/view.asp?rID=43204. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20090728-39.

Author

Gary A Green¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Sports Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 19751025
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090728-39

Abstract

According to Gary Green, MD, everyone who deals with athletes is a "stakeholder" in the issue of performance-enhancing drugs and can influence athletes in a positive or negative role. In this issue of ORTHOPEDICS, Dr Green shares his thoughts on testing, prevention, and education of performance-enhancing drug use.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Athletic Performance*
Doping in Sports / legislation & jurisprudence*
Doping in Sports / prevention & control*
Humans
Orthopedics / legislation & jurisprudence*
Substance Abuse Detection / legislation & jurisprudence*
Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis*
Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
United States