1. Franco Saibene (1932–2008): in memoriam

   • Paolo Cerretelli
   • Gabriele Cortili
   • Pietro Enrico di Prampero

   Obituary 08 July 2008 Pages: 415 - 416

   

2. Recovery after an Ironman triathlon: sustained inflammatory responses and muscular stress

   • Oliver Neubauer
   • Daniel König
   • Karl-Heinz Wagner

   Original Article 12 June 2008 Pages: 417 - 426

   

3. The step length–frequency relationship in physically active community-dwelling older women

   • Agnes Zijlstra
   • Eling D. de Bruin
   • Wiebren Zijlstra

   Original Article Open access 14 June 2008 Pages: 427 - 434

   

4. Using three objective criteria to examine pedometer guidelines for free-living individuals

   • Duncan James Macfarlane
   • Dionise Chan
   • Cherry C. Y. Lee

   Original Article 17 June 2008 Pages: 435 - 444

5. High-frequency fatigue of skeletal muscle: role of extracellular Ca²⁺

   • Elena Germinario
   • Alessandra Esposito
   • Daniela Danieli-Betto

   Original Article 17 June 2008 Pages: 445 - 453

   

6. Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation enhances stroke volume and cardiac output during dynamic exercise

   • Buddy Walser
   • Charles L. Stebbins

   Original Article 18 June 2008 Pages: 455 - 461

   

7. Twitch potentiation after voluntary versus electrically induced isometric contractions in human knee extensor muscles

   • Bernardo Requena
   • Helena Gapeyeva
   • Mati Pääsuke

   Original Article 18 June 2008 Pages: 463 - 472

   

8. Running with horizontal pulling forces: the benefits of towing

   • Alena M. Grabowski
   • Rodger Kram

   Original Article 20 June 2008 Pages: 473 - 479

   

9. The acute post-exercise response of blood pressure varies with time of day

   • Helen Jones
   • Christopher Pritchard
   • Greg Atkinson

   Original Article 20 June 2008 Pages: 481 - 489

   

10. Effect of body temperature on cold induced vasodilation

    • Andreas D. Flouris
    • David A. Westwood
    • Stephen S. Cheung

    Original Article 21 June 2008 Pages: 491 - 499

    

11. Effects of firing frequency on length-dependent myofascial force transmission between antagonistic and synergistic muscle groups

    • H. J. M. Meijer
    • J. M. Rijkelijkhuizen
    • P. A. Huijing

    Original Article Open access 27 June 2008 Pages: 501 - 513

    

12. Stretch and sprint training reduces stretch-induced sprint performance deficits in 13- to 15-year-old youth

    • A. Chaouachi
    • K. Chamari
    • D. G. Behm

    Original Article 27 June 2008 Pages: 515 - 522

13. Relationships between finger-length ratios, ghrelin, leptin, IGF axis, and sex steroids in young male and female swimmers

    • T. Jürimäe
    • M. Voracek
    • P. Purge

    Original Article 27 June 2008 Pages: 523 - 529

    

14. Comparison between old and young men for responses to fast velocity maximal lengthening contractions of the elbow flexors

    • Dale W. Chapman
    • M. Newton
    • K. Nosaka

    Original Article 27 June 2008 Pages: 531 - 539

    

15. Effect of low-dose endurance training on heart rate variability at rest and during an incremental maximal exercise test

    • Kaisu Martinmäki
    • Keijo Häkkinen
    • Heikki Rusko

    Original Article 28 June 2008 Pages: 541 - 548

    

16. Swimming training can affect intrinsic calcium current characteristics in rat myocardium

    • Sen Wang
    • Ji Zheng Ma
    • Ke Jiang Cao

    Original Article 02 July 2008 Pages: 549 - 555

    

17. Effect of physical activity on heart rate variability in normal weight, overweight and obese subjects: results from the SAPALDIA study

    • Denise Felber Dietrich
    • Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich
    • Sapaldia team

    Original Article 03 July 2008 Pages: 557 - 565

    

18. Loss of neuromuscular control related to motion in the acutely ACL-injured knee: an experimental study

    • N. Bonsfills
    • E. Gómez-Barrena
    • A. Núñez

    Original Article 22 August 2008 Pages: 567 - 577

    

19. IL6 (-174) and TNFA (-308) promoter polymorphisms are associated with systemic creatine kinase response to eccentric exercise

    • Chen Yamin
    • José Alberto Ramos Duarte
    • Ruthie E. Amir

    Original Article 30 August 2008 Pages: 579 - 586

    

20. Look before you leap: on the issue of muscle mass assessment by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (reply to Jordan Robert Moon comments)

    • José A. L. Calbet
    • Jorge Perez-Gomez
    • Cecilia Dorado

    Letter to the Editor 08 July 2008 Pages: 587 - 588