Petróczi Andrea, Naughton Declan P
School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK.
J Occup Med Toxicol. 2007 May 29;2:4. doi: 10.1186/1745-6673-2-4.
Supplement use by athletes is complex and research supports the alarming notion of misinformed decisions regarding supplements.
A frequent divergence between the type of supplements chosen by athletes and the rationale dictating the supplement use is hypothesized. Thus, a potentially dangerous incongruence may exist between rationale and practice.
In the continued absence of reliable data on supplement use, an alternative approach of studying the reasons underlying supplement use in athletes is proposed to determine whether there is an incongruence between rationale and practice. Existing data from large scale national surveys can be used to investigate this incongruence.
In this report, analyses of distinctive patterns between the use and rationale for use of supplements among athletes are recommended to explore this potentially dangerous phenomenon.
运动员使用补充剂的情况较为复杂，研究支持了关于补充剂的错误决策这一令人担忧的观点。
假设运动员选择的补充剂类型与决定使用补充剂的理由之间经常存在差异。因此，理由与实际做法之间可能存在潜在的危险不一致。
在持续缺乏关于补充剂使用的可靠数据的情况下，建议采用另一种方法来研究运动员使用补充剂的潜在原因，以确定理由与实际做法之间是否存在不一致。来自大规模全国性调查的现有数据可用于调查这种不一致。
在本报告中，建议分析运动员使用补充剂与使用理由之间的独特模式，以探究这一潜在的危险现象。
