Publications by authors named "C S Ring"
: The use of sport supplements may represent a risk factor for the use of doping in sports. To explore this putative risk, the current study examined the frequency of sport supplement use and associations between the use of sport supplements and the use of doping substances and methods in athletes. : The participants ( = 345; 56% male, 22 ± 5 years, 18-43 years) completed measures of sport supplement use, sport supplement beliefs, doping likelihood, and doping use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is a diversity of chemicals to which humans are potentially exposed. Few of these chemicals have linked human biomonitoring data, and most have very limited neurotoxicity testing. Of particular concern are environmental exposures impacting children, who constitute a population of heightened susceptibility due to rapid neural growth and plasticity, yet lack biomonitoring data compared to other age/population subgroups.
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- Recent research has focused on anti-doping interventions, but there is limited evidence on their effectiveness across different populations, prompting the study of a psychological intervention by Kavussanu et al. (2022) in young Italian athletes.* -
- The study involved 121 athletes from 15 sport clubs in Italy who received either a psychological intervention, an educational intervention, or were placed in a no-intervention control group, with measures taken before, after, and two months later.* -
- Results showed that both interventions effectively reduced doping likelihood and increased anticipated guilt compared to the control group, with these positive effects maintained over time, emphasizing the importance of addressing psychological factors in anti-doping education.*
Objectives: Cognitive and physical performance is impaired by aging and fatigue. Cognitive and exercise training may mitigate such impairments. Accordingly, we investigated the effect of Brain Endurance Training (BET) - combined cognitive and exercise training - on cognitive and physical performance when fresh and fatigued in older adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Brain Endurance Training (BET) - the addition of mentally fatiguing cognitive tasks to standard physical training - could improve performance in soccer. We tested whether BET, with cognitive tasks intermixed with physical training activities, improved players' cognitive and soccer-specific technical performance compared to physical training alone when fresh and fatigued.
Design: The study employed a pre/training/midtest/training/posttest design.