PUBLICATIONS

Selected publications

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Zandonai T, Scarpa G, Barbati V, Carollo A, Bizzego A, Esposito G, Corazza O. 2026. Evaluating public health campaigns on health promotion, substance use prevention and physical activity: a systematic review, Health Education Research, Volume 41, Issue 2, cyag008, https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyag008

Zandonai T, Venturini S, Corazza O. 2025. Ketamine and psilocybin for athletes: A therapeutic breakthrough or a slippery slope? Performance Enhancement & Health, 14 (1), 10036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2025.100386

Zandonai T, Bertamini G, Lozano JJ, Mallia L, De Maria A ... & Peirò, AM. 2025. Predictive modelling links exercise dependence to associated psychological and behavioral risk factors. Addictive Behaviors, 172, 108493  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108493

Castillo-Bellot I, Peiró AM, Zandonai T. 2025. The Effect of Physical Exercise on Non-Oncological Musculoskeletal Chronic Pain and Its Associated Biomarkers: Systematic Review on Randomized Controlled Trials. Life, 15, 1413. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15091413

Venturini S, Romagnoni M, Penazzi G, Corazza O & Zandonai T. 2025. Ketamine and physical exercise: A surprising new duo? A netnographic analysis. Performance Enhancement & Health, 13(4), 10036  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2025.100366

Zandonai T & Camporesi S. 2024. Pain management in elite sport: A doping problem, a public health ethics issue, or both? Performance Enhancement & Health, 100301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2024.100301

Zandonai T, Botré F, Abate MG, Peirò AM, Mundel T. 2023. Should we be concerned with nicotine in sport? Analysis from 60,802 doping control tests in Italy. Sports Medicine. 53;1273–1279 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01819-y

Zandonai T, Peiró AM, Fusina F, Lugoboni F, Zamboni L. 2022. Benzodiazepines in sport, an underestimated problem: recommendations for sports medicine physicians' practice. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 21;13:1066330 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1066330

Zandonai T, Peiró AM, Covelli C, de la Torre X, Botré F. 2022. Tramadol and cycling: Is it the end for a "painful" relationship? An insight from 60802 doping control samples from 2012 to 2020. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 5;18(1):95-98 https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2022-0243

Zandonai T, Bertucco M, Graziani N, Montani V, Cesari P. 2022. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) modulates motor execution in a limb reaching task. European Journal of Neuroscience. 56(4):4445-4454. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15756

Holgado D, Manresa-Rocamora A, Zamboni L, Lugoboni F, Peiró AM, Zandonai T. 2021. The effect of benzodiazepines on exercise in healthy adult participants: A systematic review. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 40(3):336-344 https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2021.1990640

Zandonai T, Escorial M, Peiró AM. 2021. Codeine and tramadol use in athletes: a potential for abuse  Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12:661781. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.661781   

Zandonai T, Benvegnù G, Tommasi F, Ferrandi E, Libener E, Ferraro S, Maris B, Chiamulera C. 2021. A virtual reality study on postretrieval extinction of smoking memory reconsolidation in smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. (125) 108317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108317

Zandonai T, Holgado D, Ciria Luis F., Zabala M, Hopker J, Bekinschtein T & Sanabria D. 2021. Novel evidence on the effect of tramadol on self-paced high-intensity cycling. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(13):1452-1460. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1877440

Zandonai T, Pizzolato F, Tam E, Bruseghini P, Chiamulera C, Cesari P. 2020. The effects of nicotine on cortical excitability after exercise. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 40(5):495-498. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000001246

Tam E, Bruseghini P, Capelli C, Baraldo M, Chiamulera C, Zandonai T. 2020. Effects of nicotine on microvascular responsiveness after nicotine satiety versus overnight nicotine abstinence. Vascular Medicine. 25(3):223-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/1358863X20906029

Zamboni L, Lugoboni F, Zandonai T. 2019. Benzodiazepine abuse among athletes: pain relief or just a weapon against insomnia? A clinical case study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 29 (12):1937-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13540

Morente J*, Zandonai T*, Zabala M. 2019. Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge Related to Doping in Different Categories of Football Players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 22(9):981-986 *equal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.05.010

Holgado D, Zandonai T, Zabala M, Ciria L, Hopker J & Sanabria D. 2019. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the left prefrontal cortex does not affect time-trial self-paced cycling performance: Evidence from oscillatory brain activity and power output. PLoS ONE 14(2): e0210873. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210873

Zandonai T, Tam E, Bruseghini P, Capelli C, Baraldo M, Chiamulera C. 2019. Exercise performance increase in smokeless tobacco‐user athletes after overnight nicotine abstinence. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. Volume 29, 3; 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13333

Zandonai T, Lugoboni F, Zamboni L. 2018. A risk for athletes: when the desire to sleep becomes a nightmare. A brief case report on benzodiazepine addiction. Psychopharmacology. Volume 235, 11; 3359–3360. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5047-9 

Zandonai T, Chiamulera C, Mancabelli A, Falconieri D, Diana M. 2018. A preliminary investigation on smokeless tobacco use and its cognitive effects among athletes. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9:216. http://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2018.00216

Zandonai T, Tam E, Bruseghini P, Pizzolato F, Franceschi L, Baraldo M, Capelli C, Cesari P, Chiamulera C. 2018. The effects of oral smokeless tobacco administration on endurance performance. Journal of Sport and Health Science. 7(4);465-472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2016.12.006

Holgado D, Zandonai T, Zabala M, Hopker J, Perakakis P, Luque-Casado A, Ciria L, Guerra-Hernandez E, Sanabria D. Tramadol effects on physical performance and sustained attention during a 20-min indoor cycling time-trial: A randomized controlled trial. 2018. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 21(7): 654-660. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2017.10.032

Morente J, Zandonai T, Mateo-March M, Sanabria D, Sánchez-Muñoz C, Chiamulera C, & Zabala M. 2015. Acute effect of Snus on physical performance and perceived cognitive load on amateur footballers. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. Aug;25(4):e423-31 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sms.12321