Bathing before sleep in the young and in the elderly Kiyoko KandaYutaka TochiharaTadakatsu Ohnaka ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 71 - 75
Influence of menstrual cycle and oral contraceptives on tolerance to uncompensable heat stress Sandra A. TenagliaTom M. McLellanPanagiota P. Klentrou ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 76 - 83
Expression of developmental myosin and morphological characteristics in adult rat skeletal muscle following exercise-induced injury H. K. SmithM. J. PlyleyN. H. McKee ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 84 - 91
Effect of carbohydrate ingestion and hormonal responses on ratings of perceived exertion during prolonged cycling and running Alan C. UtterJie KangDiane E. Butterworth ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 92 - 99
Effects of movement speed and joint position on knee flexor torque in healthy and post-surgical subjects Louis R. OsternigCharles R. JamesDavid Bercades ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 100 - 106
Do fire-fighters develop specific ventilatory responses in order to cope with exercise whilst wearing self-contained breathing apparatus? K. J. DonovanA. K. McConnell ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 107 - 112
Changes in membrane fluidity and lipid peroxidation of skeletal muscle mitochondria after exhausting exercise in rats J. X. LiC. W. C. TongK. M. Chan ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 113 - 117
Breath-to-breath “noise” in the ventilatory and gas exchange responses of children to exercise C. R. PotterD. J. ChildsN. Armstrong ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 118 - 124
Plasma catecholamine responses to four resistance exercise tests in men and women Teemu PullinenCaroline NicolPaavo V. Komi ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 125 - 131
Water immersion delays the oxygen uptake response to sitting arm-cranking in humans Naoyuki HayashiTakayoshi Yoshida ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 132 - 138
Effects of 30 days of creatine ingestion in older men Eric S. RawsonMelissa L. WehnertPriscilla M. Clarkson ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 139 - 144
Variability of the fatigue response of paralyzed skeletal muscle in relation to the time after spinal cord injury: mechanical and electrophysiological characteristics M. GaviriaF. Ohanna ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 145 - 153
Effects of aerobic exercise on serum leptin levels in obese women R. R. KraemerG. R. KraemerV. D. Castracane ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 154 - 158
Determination of the velocity associated with the longest time to exhaustion at maximal oxygen uptake V. L. BillatN. BlondelS. Berthoin SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 159 - 161
The concept of critical velocity: a brief analysis Pietro Enrico di Prampero COMMENT BY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Pages: 162 - 164
Effects of training and creatine supplement on muscle strength and body mass Marc FrancauxJ. R. Poortmans SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 165 - 168
Echocardiographic evidence of concentric left ventricular enlargement in female weight lifters A. UrhausenW. Kindermann LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 169 - 170
Response to a letter-to-the-editor from Professors Urhausen and Kindermann regarding our article “Echocardiographic evidence of concentric left ventricular enlargement in female weight-lifters” [George et al., Eur J Appl Physiol (1998) 79: 88–92] Keith GeorgeAlan BatterhamBryan Jones REPLY Pages: 171 - 172