Key result
Review examines legal and human rights implications of genetic testing in Australian child athletes.
Why the study?
The experiences of Abdelhak Appie Nouri, who suffered a cardiac arrhythmia at age 20, prompted examination into the use, regulation, and human rights implications of genetic testing in child athletes.
This review highlights the legal, policy, and human rights considerations surrounding genetic testing in young athletes for talent identification and performance enhancement.
Alerts clinicians to human rights risks with genetic testing in child athletes; leaves open Australian policy development.
This article uses the experiences of professional soccer player Abdelhak ‘Appie’ Nouri, who suffered a cardiac arrhythmia at 20 years of age during a pre-season friendly in 2017, as the stepping off point for examining the use and regulation of genetic testing in sport and the human rights implications of genetic testing child athletes for the purposes of talent identification and performance enhancement. The authors identify recent trends in the use of genetic testing in sport, outline the legal and policy framework that regulates genetic testing in Australia, and consider human rights issues that arise in relation to a child’s decision to undertake or withhold consent for testing.
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Hadley et al. (2020) conducted a review in Genetic testing in sport. Genetic testing was evaluated. This review examines the legal, policy, and human rights implications of genetic testing in child athletes for talent identification and performance enhancement within the Australian framework.
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