Abstract The World Anti-Doping Agency is responsible for maintaining a Prohibited List that
describes the use of substances and methods that are prohibited for athletes. The list …

This review integrates from the single muscle fibre to exercising human the current
understanding of the role of skeletal muscle for whole-body potassium (K+) regulation, and …

Our aim is to describe the acute effects of catecholamines/β‐adrenergic agonists on
contraction of non‐fatigued skeletal muscle in animals and humans, and explain the …

Abstract Treatment of obesity with repurposed or novel drugs is an expanding research field.
One approach is to target beta2‐adrenergic receptors because they regulate the metabolism …

Asthma is prevalent in athletes and when untreated can impact both respiratory health and
sports performance. Pharmacological inhaler therapy currently forms the mainstay of …

Inhaled beta2‐adrenoceptor agonists (beta2‐agonists) are among the most used
substances in competitive sports. The 2020 Prohibited List issued by the World Anti‐Doping …

Athletes often experience lower airway dysfunction, such as asthma and exercise‐induced
bronchoconstriction (EIB), which affects more than half the athletes in some sports, not least …

Key points From animal models, it is well established that β2‐adrenergic stimulation
increases contractile force, rates of Ca2+ release and uptake from the sarcoplasmic …

Key points While several studies have investigated the effects of exercise training in human
skeletal muscle and the chronic effect of β2‐agonist treatment in rodent muscle, their effects …

There has been an immense amount of visibility of doping issues on the international stage
over the past 12 months with the complexity of doping controls reiterated on various …