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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing for predicting sports performance and talent identification: Consensus statement

British journal of sports medicine, 2015-12, Vol.49 (23), p.1486-1491 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing for predicting sports performance and talent identification: Consensus statement
Author: Webborn, Nick ; Williams, Alun ; McNamee, Mike ; Bouchard, Claude ; Pitsiladis, Yannis ; Ahmetov, Ildus ; Ashley, Euan ; Byrne, Nuala ; Camporesi, Silvia ; Collins, Malcolm ; Dijkstra, Paul ; Eynon, Nir ; Fuku, Noriyuki ; Garton, Fleur C ; Hoppe, Nils ; Holm, Søren ; Kaye, Jane ; Klissouras, Vassilis ; Lucia, Alejandro ; Maase, Kamiel ; Moran, Colin ; North, Kathryn N ; Pigozzi, Fabio ; Wang, Guan
Subjects: Aptitude - ethics ; Aptitude - physiology ; Athletes ; Athletic Performance - physiology ; Biomedical research ; Coaches & managers ; Colleges & universities ; Consensus ; Consensus Statement ; Consumer advertising ; Deception ; Direct-To-Consumer Screening and Testing - ethics ; Direct-To-Consumer Screening and Testing - legislation & jurisprudence ; Direct-To-Consumer Screening and Testing - standards ; Duty of care ; Emerging markets ; Ethics ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Exercise ; Genetic testing ; Genetic Testing - ethics ; Genetic Testing - legislation & jurisprudence ; Genetic Testing - standards ; Genetics ; Genomics ; Gifted children ; Humans ; Internet ; Laboratories ; Legislation ; Medicine ; Parents & parenting ; Science ; Sports medicine ; Sports Medicine - ethics ; Sports Medicine - legislation & jurisprudence ; Sports Medicine - standards ; Sports training ; Validity
Is Part Of: British journal of sports medicine, 2015-12, Vol.49 (23), p.1486-1491
Description: The general consensus among sport and exercise genetics researchers is that genetic tests have no role to play in talent identification or the individualised prescription of training to maximise performance. Despite the lack of evidence, recent years have witnessed the rise of an emerging market of direct-to-consumer marketing (DTC) tests that claim to be able to identify children's athletic talents. Targeted consumers include mainly coaches and parents. There is concern among the scientific community that the current level of knowledge is being misrepresented for commercial purposes. There remains a lack of universally accepted guidelines and legislation for DTC testing in relation to all forms of genetic testing and not just for talent identification. There is concern over the lack of clarity of information over which specific genes or variants are being tested and the almost universal lack of appropriate genetic counselling for the interpretation of the genetic data to consumers. Furthermore independent studies have identified issues relating to quality control by DTC laboratories with different results being reported from samples from the same individual. Consequently, in the current state of knowledge, no child or young athlete should be exposed to DTC genetic testing to define or alter training or for talent identification aimed at selecting gifted children or adolescents. Large scale collaborative projects, may help to develop a stronger scientific foundation on these issues in the future.
Publisher: England: BMJ Publishing Group
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0306-3674
EISSN: 1473-0480
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095343
PMID: 26582191
Source: BMJ Open Access Journals
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