Putz, Marlen
Piper, Thomas
Dubois, Michel
Delahaut, Philippe
Thevis, Mario
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Anti-Doping Agency (16A17MT)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2019
Revised: 4 September 2019
Accepted: 24 September 2019
First Online: 15 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: All studies involving human participants were approved by the Ethics Committee of the German Sport University Cologne according to the declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all volunteers. Care and use of animals were in compliance with the directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. The animal studies were approved by the Group’s CER Ethics Committee (CE/Sante/E/001).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.