Ethical Issues

[ausyid]

Which of the major ethical issues do people think are more likely to be on this years exam?

I am assuming it will be one or two of the following:

IV fluid use
Local anaesthetic injections
Vitamin supplement injections
Genetic Manipulation
Illegal Performance Enhancers (?)
Caffeine Tablets (?)

My money is on genetic manipulation purely because I don't think it has ever been on an exam before. What do other people think?

[melaniej]

Anything that has been in the media throughout the year is a good bet because they will have recent articles on it.

Blood doping is always popular, as is EPO, purely because it enables the student to state a legal alternative to these (being altitude training)

But you never know what they are going to put on the exam!

[cafa]

caffeine tablets n creatine supplementation were on the prac exam, culd b a sign???

[melaniej]

Which prac exam?

[cafa]

achpter or however u spell it, had 2 big sections on creatine n caffeine supplementation

[melaniej]

That doesnt tell you anything.... they are just a company who makes practice exams, they are no indication of what will be on the actual exam. There is no way to predict what will be on the exam, just know everything in a bit of detail and you should be fine!

[cafa]

sounds good enuf 2 me

[mtwtfss]

What are the arguments for the use of genetic manipulation?


Arguments against:

   Detection may be impossible
   The distinction between curing disease and assisting performance is unclear
   Peak performance may rely on ability of scientists not athletes
   Unknown side effects
   Banned by WADA

[melaniej]

Arguments for would be from the athletes point of view, things such as: it will enhance their performance, injuries will not ruin a career, athletes can play for longer in their lives etc etc

It can also be from a spectators point of view, increase quality of games etc. if athletes have peak condition.

Mostly with the banned substances, the positive points will be from the athletes point of view. Negatives are competitors and medical points - generally.

[mtwtfss]

Can someone just confirm that the following is correct:

Domains of physical activity: Household, Transport, Leisure, Occupational

Dehydration causes a decrease in blood flow to working muscles, which leaders to decreased supply of oxygen, which leads to increased production of metabolic by-products.
Also causes increased sweat rate, resulting in decreased blood-plasma volumes. To maintain Q, HR must increase.

When working above LIP, there is an increase in ATP production from the LA system, but the aerobic system remains dominant.

Duration of training programs to notice adaptations: Flexibility = 1 week, Aerobic Power = 6-12 weeks, The rest = 6-8 weeks


Are those statements correct? Need adjusting?

Also, can someone please explain narrow/broad - internal/external focus or whatever that is.
Doubt it's going to on the exam, but just in case.

[melaniej]

On the whole, GOOD POINTS!

FEW TIPS:

Say WHY dehydration causes distribution AWAY from the working muscles

I'm not sure about your LIP point? When LIP is exceeded, energy must be produced anaerobically, as you are working at intensities greater than 85% MHR.

The training programs are right!

[melaniej]

The focuses - VERY unlikely to be on the exam. To be on the safe side - They all come under concentration.

BROAD-INTERNAL: thoughts and feelings
BROAD-EXTERNAL: outside things - such as opponents actions
NARROW-INTERNAL: focus on a specific internal thing, such as rehearsal of a shot
NARROW-EXTERNAL: focus on very few external cues - such as focusing on the ball, and only the ball.

Pretty much; internal is mental processes, external is actions of others/outside cues.
Broad is general stuff, incorporating many things, Narrow is specific focus on very few things.

All you need to know would be in your text book. I don't think this stuff is on the study design really, so they aren't going to assess it in any more detail than that, if at all.

[mtwtfss]

Blood flow is distributed away from working muscles because of a reduction in blood volume?


I know when you choke it leads to narrow-internal(true), no idea what that means because common sense would tell you:

Narrow-internal leads to increase thought about your own race, less distractions.
Remember that chick who won 100m hurdles in Beijing, all she could say was 'i just ran my own race' I would assume thats narrow-internal. But the book says different!

[melaniej]

Choking leads to narrow internal because it leads you to think about your performance - negatively. So they will be thinking, this is going to go wrong, I'm going to screw it up etc - hence they are mentally 'preparing'.

What does your textbook say about the 100m chick?

Blood flow is distributed away from the working muscles in order to cool the body down. It goes to the surface of the body to get cooled down (when vasodilation occurs). This is why there is an increased sweat rate and loss of plasma (plasma is lost through sweat).

[mtwtfss]

Oh, that 100m hurdles chick, not in any textbook, real life in the recent Olympics, the Australian..didn't think she could win at all, but in the post-race interview said:

'I just had to run my own race, not worry about anyone else...and I did!  I ran my own race, I ran my own race!' or something, she was excited as.

I just thought that common sense would say that is pretty 'narrow' and 'internal' thinking/focus.