The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical Challenge
Medical ethicists have questioned the use of no-treatment controlled studies (placebo and sham procedure) of new therapies when safe and effective standard therapies are available for use as an active or “equivalence” control. Currently, ethical and conduct principles for biomedical research specif...
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| author | Gonçalo Louro Ricardo Ferraz Pedro Forte José E. Teixeira Luís Branquinho Dulce Esteves |
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Medical ethicists have questioned the use of no-treatment controlled studies (placebo and sham procedure) of new therapies when safe and effective standard therapies are available for use as an active or “equivalence” control. Currently, ethical and conduct principles for biomedical research specifically prohibit projects that do not make or deny the “best-proven diagnosis and therapeutic treatment” to any participant in a clinical trial, including individuals who consent to randomisation into a control group. Studies of psychophysiological therapies are often criticised for not having a placebo or sham treatment control group. In sports science research, particularly in the case of clinical exercise, the use of control groups also raises ethical questions. This article briefly reviews the problem and discusses the ethical standards governing human research derived from the Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki.
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| spelling | doaj.art-fee61c9d0cfe448bb3765aabe41ae57a2023-04-21T14:40:43ZengDesafio SingularMotricidade1646-107X2182-29722023-03-0119110.6063/motricidade.27838The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical ChallengeGonçalo Louro0Ricardo Ferraz1Pedro Forte2José E. Teixeira3Luís Branquinho4Dulce Esteves5University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, PortugalUniversity of Beira Interior, Covilhã, PortugalHigher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, Penafiel, PortugalPolytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, PortugalHigher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, Penafiel, PortugalUniversity of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal Medical ethicists have questioned the use of no-treatment controlled studies (placebo and sham procedure) of new therapies when safe and effective standard therapies are available for use as an active or “equivalence” control. Currently, ethical and conduct principles for biomedical research specifically prohibit projects that do not make or deny the “best-proven diagnosis and therapeutic treatment” to any participant in a clinical trial, including individuals who consent to randomisation into a control group. Studies of psychophysiological therapies are often criticised for not having a placebo or sham treatment control group. In sports science research, particularly in the case of clinical exercise, the use of control groups also raises ethical questions. This article briefly reviews the problem and discusses the ethical standards governing human research derived from the Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki. https://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/27838ethics of control groupplacebo controlclinical exerciseRandomised controlled trial |
| spellingShingle | Gonçalo Louro Ricardo Ferraz Pedro Forte José E. Teixeira Luís Branquinho Dulce Esteves The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical Challenge Motricidade ethics of control group placebo control clinical exercise Randomised controlled trial |
| title | The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical Challenge |
| title_full | The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical Challenge |
| title_fullStr | The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical Challenge |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical Challenge |
| title_short | The Use of Control Group in the Sports Science Research: The Ethical Challenge |
| title_sort | use of control group in the sports science research the ethical challenge |
| topic | ethics of control group placebo control clinical exercise Randomised controlled trial |
| url | https://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/27838 |
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