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Medicolegal aspects of doping in football.

Graf-Baumann T

German Society for the Study of Pain, German Society for Musculo-Sceletal Medicine, Schillerst. 14, 79331 Teningen, Germany. graf-baumann@t-online.de

This article describes the historical background of the medicolegal aspects of doping in sports and especially in football. The definitions of legal terms are explained and the procedure of individual case management as part of FIFA's approach to doping is presented. Finally, three medicolegal problems awaiting urgent solution are outlined: firstly, the difficulties in decision making arising from the decrease of the T/E ratio from 6 to 4; secondly, the therapeutic application of alpha-reductase inhibitors for male pattern baldness in the face of the classification of finasteride as a forbidden masking agent; and lastly, the increasing use of recreational drugs and its social and legal implications in positive cases.

Published 26 June 2006 in Br J Sports Med, 40: i55-7.
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