Alan Vernec

ORCID: 0000-0002-7127-192X
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Research Areas
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Doping in Sports
  • Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
  • Genetics and Physical Performance
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Poisoning and overdose treatments
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Vascular Procedures and Complications

World Anti-Doping Agency
2012-2025

Jewish General Hospital
2000-2004

McGill University
2000

University of Alberta
2000

University of Pittsburgh
2000

Nutrition usually makes a small but potentially valuable contribution to successful performance in elite athletes, and dietary supplements can make minor this nutrition programme. Nonetheless, supplement use is widespread at all levels of sport. Products described as target different issues, including (1) the management micronutrient deficiencies, (2) supply convenient forms energy macronutrients, (3) provision direct benefits or (4) indirect such supporting intense training regimens. The...

10.1136/bjsports-2018-099027 article EN cc-by-nc British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018-03-14

Nutrition usually makes a small but potentially valuable contribution to successful performance in elite athletes, and dietary supplements can make minor this nutrition program. Nonetheless, supplement use is widespread at all levels of sport. Products described as target different issues, including the management micronutrient deficiencies, supply convenient forms energy macronutrients, provision direct benefits or indirect such supporting intense training regimens. The appropriate some...

10.1123/ijsnem.2018-0020 article EN International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism 2018-03-01

Pain is a common problem among elite athletes and frequently associated with sport injury. Both pain injury interfere the performance of athletes. There are currently no evidence-based or consensus-based guidelines for management in Typically, consists provision analgesics, rest physical therapy. More appropriately, treatment strategy should address all contributors to including underlying pathophysiology, biomechanical abnormalities psychosocial issues, employ therapies providing optimal...

10.1136/bjsports-2017-097884 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017-08-21

Abstract Organized sports are governed by specific rules which aim to create or preserve fair play. An unfair advantage can be obtained the use of substances methods, also referred as doping. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) leads international doping-free sport movement and annually publishes List Prohibited Substances Methods (List), that is used most federations organizations around world. However, some athletes have legitimate medical conditions require treatments included on List....

10.1210/clinem/dgae897 article EN publisher-specific-oa The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2025-01-03

Concern for the health of athletes and integrity sport resulted in banning specific substances although many years passed before analytical testing took place. Soon doping control programmes became synonymous with urine tests adverse findings. This system has its limits due to detection window prohibited substances, timing sample collections sophistication some regimens. There have been a number situations where these were demonstrated by who proclaimed innocence based on passing their only...

10.1136/bjsports-2014-093560 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014-03-21

During the last four decades, main instrument at disposal of anti-doping authorities has been detection prohibited substances in biological samples collected from athletes. However, availability identical to those produced by human body, such as EPO, testosterone and GH, necessitated a new drug-testing paradigm. From early 2000's, Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) was proposed an alternative means drug testing. Doping leaves characteristic fingerprint on biology athlete ABP is used prove act...

10.4155/bio.12.130 article EN Bioanalysis 2012-07-01

Athletes dope to trigger physiological changes that provide advantages in competition. Doping leaves a biological fingerprint the athlete's body. The Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)3 is paradigm testing aims detect this (1, 2). Biomarkers of doping measured or inferred from blood and urine samples are used for purpose, same way biomarkers disease medicine as indicators presence severity disease. Although both types aim distinguish induced by specific cause usual profile expected natural...

10.1373/clinchem.2011.162107 article EN Clinical Chemistry 2011-04-12

A medical and scientific multidisciplinary consensus meeting was held from 29 to 30 November 2013 on Anti-Doping in Sport at the Home of FIFA Zurich, Switzerland, create a roadmap for implementation 2015 World Code. The statement accompanying papers set out priorities antidoping community research, science medicine. participants achieved strategy Key components this include: (1) sport-specific risk assessment, (2) prevalence measurement, (3) test distribution plans, (4) storage reanalysis,...

10.1136/bjsports-2014-093561 article EN cc-by-nc British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014-04-24

Glucocorticoids are commonly prescribed in medicine. When administered via certain routes, glucocorticoids prohibited for incompetition use by WADA. The glucocorticoid prescribing habits of sports medicine doctors have not been reported.An online survey was distributed internationally to physicians working high-performance sports. queried the about their with athletes and understanding WADA's regulations regarding competition.603 from 30 different countries participated. majority (>85%)...

10.1136/bjsports-2019-101175 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020-02-05

Objectives The percentage of athletes with Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) competing in elite sport and the association winning medals has been a matter speculation absence validated competitor numbers. We used International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) data to identify TUEs at five Games (Games) possible between having TUE an medal. Methods IOC’s competition results WADA’s database number for athlete competitions (ACs, defined as one event) any associations...

10.1136/bjsports-2020-102028 article EN cc-by-nc British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020-05-06

As we end this series of reviews supplements and sports foods, it is fitting that the last words should come from World Anti-Doping Agency. After all, contravention anti-doping rules due to ingestion prohibited substances are ingredients or contaminants some foods a key issue which must be taken into account whenever an athlete decides whether not use such products. ### A Vernec Athletes have long history using in attempt gain advantage sporting competitions. The ancient Greeks Romans used...

10.1136/bjsports-2013-092941 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2013-09-11

Sport physicians may become invested heavily in the success of their athletes, and even when there is no direct or indirect financial gain, sport physician push boundaries good medical practice (12). The ethical dilemmas with regard to return play conflicts interest have been described elsewhere (4,11), this commentary will focus on issue doping. Over years, who were involved doping athletes claimed that they monitoring properly simply assisting body's efforts at homeostasis. argument was if...

10.1249/jsr.0b013e3182a4b877 article EN Current Sports Medicine Reports 2013-01-01

The objectives of this study are to describe the prevalence therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) among athletes competing in four Olympic and Paralympic games. secondary objective was present prohibited substance methods classes associated with TUEs.

10.1136/bjsports-2024-108266 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2024-07-09

The authors describe their experience in setting up a sports medicine teaching unit within family practice center of hospital. unit's patient population more closely resembles that typical than traditional musculoskeletal clinic (e.g., orthopedics, emergency room). program includes direct observation residents performing history taking and physical examinations through one-way mirrors, close supervision for each case, therapist who educates patients about home exercise programs when...

10.1097/00001888-200103000-00024 article EN Academic Medicine 2001-03-01
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