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Aikaterini Psatha1, Christina Mitropoulou2,3, George P Patrinos4,5,6,7,8
1School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Abstract:
Genomics of athletic performance is an emerging discipline with a high degree of controversy. With the existing level of evidence, it is both premature and highly risky to exploit current human genomics knowledge to predict exercise and sports performance or enhance existing training methodologies. Until more solid evidence on the influence of genomic variants in athletic performance becomes available, accompanied by regulatory approved genome-guided recommendations, all genetic associations should be restricted from general public access as commercial services, since genomic markers cannot per se predict athletic performance for talent identification, resistance to injuries or the ability to recover from them. Evidently, the complex interplay of genetics with other physical, physiological and even psychological and mental characteristics to produce a world-class athlete is still not understood.
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