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  • Sports career termination in football players: systematic review
    Publication . Carapinheira, António; Mendes, Pedro; Carvalho, Pedro Guedes de; Travassos, Bruno
    This article aimed to characterize the termination of the sports career in football players. A systematic literature search was performed according to the PRISMA method. From all the publications, eight were selected that fulfilled all the inclusion criteria. The results revealed that, in general, the former football players finish their career between the ages of 31 and 35, reported a career span between eight and eleven years, and secondary education level. Regarding the quality of retirement, it was reported that voluntary retirement was mainly due to age and associated with psychological and social problems. Few data were reported regarding the available resources, highlighting, however, coping strategies through support from family and friends, and players maintain a career linked to sports. Only one study revealed the existence of a program to support the retirement of a sports career. © 2018, Facultad de Formacion del Profesorado.
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  • Synthetic cannabinoids in biological specimens: a review of current analytical methods and sample preparation techniques
    Publication . Rosado, Tiago; Gonçalves, Joana; Luís, Ângelo; Malaca, Sara; Soares, Sofia; Vieira, Duarte Nuno; Barroso, Mário; Gallardo, Eugenia
    Synthetic cannabinoids are a new class of chemical drugs capable of modifying human behavior. These products do not contain cannabis, but produce similar effects after consumption. The fact that they are easily accessed, and are many times considered to be harmless, justifies their widespread use among young people. This fact, together with the difficulty in their detection by routine drug tests, makes it extremely important to develop new procedures able to detect and monitor their consumption. The aim of this work is to perform a critical review regarding the human biological samples that can be used for the determination of synthetic cannabinoids, paying special attention to analytical methods and sample preparation techniques. The reviewed articles deal with the determination of synthetic cannabinoids in the context of forensic and toxicological analysis.
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