Testosterone and sport: Current perspectives

• Published in: Hormones and behavior Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 147 - 155
• Main Authors: Wood, Ruth I., Stanton, Steven J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.01.2012; Elsevier; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Anabolic agents; Anabolic Agents - pharmacology; Athletes; Athletic Performance; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Competition; Doping in Sports - methods; Epitestosterone; Epitestosterone - biosynthesis; Epitestosterone - blood; Epitestosterone - pharmacology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hormones and behavior; Human performance; Humans; Male; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Sex characteristics; Sex Chromosome Aberrations; Sex Determination Analysis - methods; Sex Differentiation; Testosterone; Testosterone - biosynthesis; Testosterone - metabolism; Testosterone - pharmacokinetics; Testosterone - pharmacology; Testosterone - physiology; Epitestosterone; Competition; Testosterone; Anabolic agents; Sex characteristics; Sport; Androgen; Sex; Testicular hormone; Sex steroid hormone; Anabolic agent

Testosterone and other anabolic–androgenic steroids enhance athletic performance in men and women. As a result, exogenous androgen is banned from most competitive sports. However, due to variability in endogenous secretion, and similarities with exogenous testosterone, it has been challenging to est...