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Substance use

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Which is an ergogenic aid? Any external influences that can positively affect physical or mental performance.Mechanical aids, pharmacological aids, physiological aids, nutritional aids, and psychological aids
The __________ research design delivers a treatment that is hypothesized to generate an effect to subjects and follows the subjects for some period of time to determine whether the hypothesis is correct? Prospecitive
Efficacy is the ability of a drug or treatment to produce a specific result or effect True
Which of the following statements is true of the Dietary Suppplement Health and Education Act of 1994? Manufacutrers cannot claim that their products "cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent" a specific disease
Which of the following is not an important consideration in study design to detect an effect of a purported ergogenic aid? Dose,The nature of the exericse/performance,condition chosen, Timing of observations, An appropriate depedent variable All of the above are important considerations in study design to detect an effect of a purported ergogenic aid
What are anabolic-androgenic steroids? Synthetic derivatives of testosterone
Which of the following is not one of the many potential adverse physiological effects from anabolic steroid usage? Testicular hypertrophy
Which of the following is not true regarding the history of doping Doping is not a major problem in HS or College Sports
Which of the following is true of common side effects of AAS use in females? Irreversible physical changes,Menstrual abnormalities, Deepening of the voice, Male-pattern baldness,All of the above
Where can you find valid information regarding the efficacy of supplements? Peer reviewed journal articles and Magazines.
Which of the following is not considered part of the Gold Standard in terms of study design to measure the effecs of performance enhancing substances? Case study
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 states that a dietary supplement includes the following ingredient Herbs
What percent of testosterone is not bound to binding protiens? 2%
Which of the following factors does not impact whether research will be able to show an effect of a real ergogenic aid? Bioavailability, exercise mode, and intensity, duration used in study, and duration of study (All of the above)
The majority of endocrine regulation is based on positive feedback control False (negative feedback)
Testosterone is stimulated by which hormone(s)? Luteinizing hormone, and follicle stimulating hormone
What is the mechanism of action for testosterone? Increased protein production and decreased catabolism
Each of the following is true about testosterone except? Increases in femaled during puberty at the same level as males
Class A derivatives are more toxic to the liver compared to Class B and C derivatives False
Why do Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid abusers use additional substances? Increase the anabolic effect and minimize side effects
Bhasin et al. 1996 found that anabolic steroids in combination with exercise led to: Increase in muscle mass and increase in 1RM
Steroid hormones act in a two step process as follows: (1) Steroid hormone binds to its receptor in the nucleus (2) the hormone receptor complex binds to DNA which activates specific genes increasing production of proteins False
Which of the following is not one of the confounding factors that is thought to have decreased the consistency of results among studies of the effects of anabolic steroids? Dosage, drug, diet,and age (all of the above)
Which of the following leads to an increase in testosterone Heavy resistance, and short rest intervals (30 seconds to a minute)
Anabolic effects refer to __________ while androgenic effect refers __________ Muscle building and masculinizing
What are the reasons for development of new testosterone derivatives? To enhance potency, and to increase its anabolic effect and decrease its androgenic effect
Androstendione and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) are examples of ____. Testorone precursors
Which of the following is true of the interaction of serum testosterone concentrations and androstendione-mediated impact on testosterone levels? decline in testosterone in men of 1.2% per year after age 30,The effect of androstenedione on testosterone levels related to age.The effect of androstenedione on testosterome levels is related to starting serum free testosterone levels, Androstenedione su
An important factor with testosterone precursors supplementation Michaelis constant which demonstrates that enzymes favor conversion of adrostenedione to testosterone and DHT rather than estrogens. False
Myostatin increases muscle differentiation and growth False
Which is true about Androstenedione works in dose dependent fashion,most conversions take place in liver,89% of converted testosterone is excreted without rentry into circulation. (all of the above)
DHEA Supplementation has been shown to Increase testorone in women
What is acromegaly? Result of excessive GH after epiphyseal plate closure,Soft-tissue swelling of internal organs,notably the heart,Swelling of the vocal cords,Generalized expansion of the skull,All of the above
Which is true about growth hormone? Is secreted in an episodic and pulsatile manner,Majority is bound to binding proteins,Is altered by age, sleep, nutrition, and alcohol,Is mediated by IGF-1, all of the above.
Growth hormone efficacy is difficult to determine because no studies were done in athletical population and no studies have used supra-physiological doses.
Growth hormone administration in deficient individuals has be shown to: Increase fat oxidation and Enhance amino acid uptake
The following is true aobut IGFs except IGF1 is known to be catabolic
Starting basal concentrations of IGF-1 dictates its response to exercise True
IGF-1 administration has shown to decrease FFM (Fat Free Mass) and decrease lipolysis False
What type of athlete might use anabolic steroids execlusively for their catabolism-blocking effects? A long distance runner
Which is not true about hCG It has been shown to promote weight loss
Which is true regarding insulin It is a potent anabolic hormone, and it is often used in conjunction with other doping agents such as GH and AAS.
Administration of hCG to athletes characterized with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism due to anabolic steroid use was shown to Increase testorone, increase DHT
Beta-antagonist reduce cardiac output by Decreasing heart rate
Chronotropic effect refers to _________________ while Inotropic effect refers to __________ Change in heart rate, change in the force of muscular contraction.
Beta-1 receptor activation leads to an increased chronotropic effect and a decreased inotropic effect False
Which of the following is one of the many adverse effects of excess endogenous production of GH or administration of exogenous GH? generalized expansion of the skull
What are some potential(ly) adverse effects of beta-blockers? Bradycardia, orthostatic hypotension, Arrhythmias (all of the above)
Beta-2 receptor activation leads to Bronchodilation, increase glucose metabolism and lipolysis in the liver.
Beta 3- receptor has been shown to increase lipolysis in both animal and human studies, proving to be an effective tool to treat obesity false
Which of the following is nott one of the effects of clenbuterol? decrease heart rate
Which of the following is/are side effects of beta-2 agonist administration? Cardiac hypertrophy, Infiltration of cardiac muscle with non-contractile fibrotic tissue, and tachycardia,(all of the above).
Which of the following fiber-type adaptations has been found to be true? clenbuterol causes a slow twitch to a fast twitch conversion in animals
Short-term exposure to clenbuterol has been shown to increase transactivation of the beta-2 receptor gene, while chronic exposure inhibits beta-2 receptor synthesis in muscles true
Beta blockers are used for which of the following medical conditions Hypertension and myocardial infarctions
Which activities would beta antagonists have a potentional ergogenic effect on? golf and archery
Beta-blockers: decrease heart rate in untrained individuals, decrease heart rate in trained individuals, decrease training responses and adaptations (all of the above)
Illicit use of anabolic steroids usually involves stacking with more than one steroid in a cycle
The following can be a dependent variable for measuring muscle strength 1rm
Hypnotics are also known as? Sedatives
What is the function of Sedatives? to promote rest and sleep
What consist of the CNS stimulants? Amphetamines, cocaine, Buporian, citrus Aurantium
What leads to an increase in physical energy, restlessnes, and excitement? Amphetamines
What are the negative effects of Amphetamine? Insomnia, irratibility, anxiety
What are the long term affects for using Amphetamine? Cardiac pathology
There is alot of data that supports amphetamines being used in sports. False (not enough data that supports it)
Cocaine is known to be highly addictive, potent stimulant, no sport benefit, and have side effects.
What are the side effects of cocaine Cardiac arrest, seizures
Bupropian has no ergogenic effect True
Citrus Aurantium is known to be Sympathomimec
What two combinations increases time to fatigue Caffeine and Citrus Aurantium
What are the side effects of Citrus Aurantium Angina, stroke, ischemic colitus
What is another form of sedatives? Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazephines does what? It binds to GABBA receptors
What is a GABBA Chief inhbibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS
What does not produce normal physiological sleep? Benzodiazephines
Benzodiazephines increases the duration of phase II sleep. True
Phase II sleep decreases wakefulness and muscle hypotonia
What are other side effects of benzodiazephine? confusion, drowsiness, irratibility
Benzodiazephines are known to be Addictive
What are signs of overdosage on Benzodiazephines Impaired coordination, slurred speech, hypotension
What are anxiolytics? Anti-anxiety drugs
What is RPE A measure of how hard you are working
What is an antidepressive properties that has more effect than placebo and similar efficacy with standard antidepressant St. Johns Wort
What are the side effects of st. Johns Wort Gastrointestinal distress, dizziness, sedation, tiredness
There is no data on Bee pollen that support ergogenic claims True
Herbal supplements can be classified as Pharmacological or nutritional
Many believe that natural means they are safe True
Why do athletes use herbal supplements To improve their performance, help offset the negative effects of heavy training
What is promoted to improve memory? Ginko Biloba
Ginko Biloba there is limited support about the moderately effective in improving cognition in dementia. there is no effect on alzheimers disease True
Kava Kava is known to have anti-anxiety effects True
What are the side effects of kava kava skin rash, liver toxicity
Yohimbine has been promoted for male impotence and fat loss, there is numerous data to support the claim. False, there is limited data
What are the side effects of Yohimbine? Increase HR and BP, Insomnia, panic attacks, headaches
What is promoted to boost immunity Echinacea
What have studies shown on the benefits of echinacea Beneficial effects on immune function and performance
What is known to improve pulmonary function and exercise capacity in those with respiratory issues Ginseng
Ginsent has no ergogenic effect True
Antianginals is a common drug that is used in the treatment of angina pectoris
What blunts the physiological response to exercise? Antianginals
Antihypertensives is a common drug that is used to treat what Used to treat High blood pressure
What decreases the riske of a stroke by 40% and CHD by 15-20%? Antihypertensives
What is used to suppress fast rhythems of the heart Antirhythmics (common drug)
What decreases airway resistance and facilitating airflow bronchodilators
What is used in the treatment of type II diabetes Hypoglycemics
Major side effects of Hypoglycemics is hypoglycemia
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