1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Glucoregulation and hormonal changes during prolonged exercise in boys and girls

   • P. Delamarche
   • A. Gratas-Delamarche
   • R. Favier

   Original Articles Pages: 3 - 8

3. Muscle strength from aldolescence to adulthood — relationship to muscle fibre types

   • B. Glenmark
   • G. Hedberg
   • E. Jansson

   Original Articles Pages: 9 - 19

4. A comparison of the relation between oxygen uptake and heart rate during different styles of aerobic dance and a traditional step test in women

   • J. M. Bell
   • E. J. Bassey

   Original Articles Pages: 20 - 24

5. Ventilatory threshold and work efficiency during exercise on cycle and paddling ergometers in young female kayakists

   • V. Bunc
   • J. Heller

   Original Articles Pages: 25 - 29

6. Postural effect on cardiac output, oxygen uptake and lactate during cycle exercise of varying intensity

   • Dieter Leyk
   • Dieter Eßfeld
   • Jürgen Stegemann

   Original Articles Pages: 30 - 35

7. Critical power may be determined from two tests in elite kayakers

   • Amanda Clingeleffer
   • Lars Mc Naughton
   • Bill Davoren

   Original Articles Pages: 36 - 40

8. An evaluation of different protocols for measuring the force-velocity relationship of the human quadriceps muscles

   • C. James
   • P. Sacco
   • D. A. Jones

   Original Articles Pages: 41 - 47

9. Do invading leucocytes contribute to the decrease in glutathione concentrations indicating oxidative stress in exercised muscle, or are they important for its recovery?

   • J. A. Duarte
   • F. Carvalho
   • H. -J. Appell

   Original Articles Pages: 48 - 53

10. Coincidental changes in ventilation and electromyographic activity during consecutive incremental exercise tests

    • Jason H. Mateika
    • James Duffin

    Original Articles Pages: 54 - 61

11. Changes of cerebral vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-and somatostatin-like immunoreactivity induced by noise and whole-body vibration in the rat

    • Hiroyuki Nakamura
    • Takashi Moroji
    • Akira Okada

    Original Articles Pages: 62 - 67

12. A suit calorimeter for energy balance studies on humans during heavy exercise

    • Leif Hambræus
    • Anders Sjödin
    • Torkel Hambræus

    Original Articles Pages: 68 - 73

13. A selective suppression of human pain sensitivity by carbon dioxide: central mechanisms implicated

    • Mari Grönroos
    • Antti Pertovaara

    Original Articles Pages: 74 - 79

14. Arterial hypoxemia and performance during intense exercise

    • Maria D. Koskolou
    • Donald C. McKenzie

    Original Articles Pages: 80 - 86

15. Effect of thermal stress on glutathione metabolism in human erythrocytes

    • Yoshinori Ohtsuka
    • Noriyuki Yabunaka
    • Yuko Agishi

    Original Articles Pages: 87 - 91

16. The relationship between the electromyogram-amplitude and isometric extension torques of neck muscles at different positions of the cervical spine

    • Frank Queisser
    • Ralph Blüthner
    • Helmut Seidel

    Original Articles Pages: 92 - 101

17. Changes in fibre-type composition and myosin heavy-chain IId isoform in rat soleus muscle during recovery period after hindlimb suspension

    • Yasuharu Oishi
    • Hideyuki Yamamoto
    • Eishichi Miyamoto

    Original Articles Pages: 102 - 106