[Doping control activities in Germany 1989-2006].
Doping controls are key factors for fair and clean sports. The developments of German activities in the national antidoping fight were evaluated over a period of 18 years (1989-2006) with regard to in-competition and out-of-competition testing. The quantity of respective controls conducted by federations and antidoping organizations, the ratio of in- and out-of-competition controls, the number of athletes per squad (and thus per-capita tests) as well as adverse analytical findings are summarized. The available data demonstrated a constantly increasing effort, particularly regarding the amount of out-of-competition controls, but also discrepancies in per-capita analyses between different federations. In light of recent doping scandals and confessions in 2007, a critical review of national antidoping actions is considered necessary.
Thevis
Mario
M
Zentrum für Präventive Dopingforschung--Institut für Biochemie, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Carl-Diem-Weg 6, 50933 Köln. thevis@dshs-koeln.de
Geyer
Hans
H
Schänzer
Wilhelm
W
D004300:Doping in Sports / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012952:Societies / Q000639:trends; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000639:trends