1. Predicting metabolic cost of running with and without backpack loads

   • Y. Epstein
   • L. A. Stroschein
   • K. B. Pandolf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 500

2. Physical work capacity and effect of endurance training in visually handicapped boys and young male adults

   • Munehiro Shindo
   • Shuzo Kumagai
   • Hiroaki Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 507

3. V _{O 2} kinetics in subjects differing in aerobic capacity: investigation by spectral analysis

   • D. Eßfeld
   • U. Hoffmann
   • J. Stegemann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 508 - 515

4. Effects of two high-intensity intermittent training programs interspaced by detraining on human skeletal muscle and performance

   • J. -A. Simoneau
   • G. Lortie
   • C. Bouchard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 516 - 521

5. Effects of reduced frequency breathing on arterial hypoxemia during exercise

   • Y. Yamamoto
   • Y. Mutoh
   • M. Miyashita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 522 - 527

6. A 7-week follow-up study of the behaviour of testosterone and cortisol during the competition period in rowers

   • A. Urhausen
   • T. Kullmer
   • W. Kindermann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 528 - 533

7. Tympanic temperatures during hemiface cooling

   • M. Cabanac
   • M. Germain
   • H. Brinnel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 534 - 539

8. Enhanced brain protection during passive hyperthermia in humans

   • Heiner Brinnel
   • Tetsuo Nagasaka
   • Michel Cabanac

   OriginalPaper Pages: 540 - 545

9. Isoproterenol sensitivity in heat tolerant and relatively heat intolerant men

   • N. F. Gordon
   • J. P. van Rensburg
   • M. P. Schwellnus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 546 - 549

10. Effects of exercise training on plasma catecholamines and blood pressure in labile hypertensive subjects

    • Jean Cléroux
    • François Péronnet
    • Jacques de Champlain

    OriginalPaper Pages: 550 - 554

11. Musculoskeletal capacity of employees aged 44 to 58 years in physical, mental and mixed types of work

    • C. -H. Nygård
    • T. Luopajärvi
    • J. Ilmarinen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 561

12. Physiological and biomechanical comparison of roller skating and speed skating on ice

    • R. W. de Boer
    • E. Vos
    • G. J. van Ingen Schenau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 562 - 569

13. Variations in skinfold thickness during de-acclimatisation and re-acclimatisation to high altitude

    • T. Zachariah
    • S. B. Rawal
    • R. M. Rai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 570 - 576

14. Enhanced glucose availability for working muscles reduces exercise hyperthermia in dogs

    • Barbara Kruk
    • Krystyna Nazar
    • Stanisław Kozłowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 577 - 582

15. The effect of dietary carbohydrate intake on the metabolic response to prolonged walking on consecutive days

    • R. J. Maughan
    • P. L. Greenhaff
    • J. B. Leiper

    OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 591

16. Electromyographic evaluation of back muscle fatigue with repeated sustained contractions of different strengths

    • Helmut Seidel
    • Helga Beyer
    • Dieter Bräuer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 592 - 602

17. Thermoregulation in hyperhydrated men during physical exercise

    • Ryszard Grucza
    • Maria Szczypaczewska
    • Stanisław Kozłowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 603 - 607

18. Control of sweating in man after work-induced thermal load and symmetrically applied cooling

    • Michael Heising
    • Jürgen Werner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 608 - 614

19. Relative body fat and anthropometric prediction of body density of female athletes

    • R. T. Withers
    • N. O. Whittingham
    • A. Crockett

    Erratum Pages: 615 - 615

20. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 616 - 617