1. Strenuous endurance training in humans reduces oxidative stress following exhausting exercise

   • Hiromi Miyazaki
   • Shuji Oh-ishi
   • Hideki Ohno

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 1 - 6

2. Changes in muscle size, architecture, and neural activation after 20 days of bed rest with and without resistance exercise

   • Yasuo Kawakami
   • Hiroshi Akima
   • Tetsuo Fukunaga

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 7 - 12

3. The effect of heavy resistance exercise on the circadian rhythm of salivary testosterone in men

   • William J. Kraemer
   • Chad C. Loebel
   • Keijo Häkkinen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 13 - 18

4. Mechanomyogram and force relationship during voluntary isometric ramp contractions of the biceps brachii muscle

   • Kumi Akataki
   • Katsumi Mita
   • Kunihiko Itoh

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 19 - 25

5. Adaptation of the short latency component of the stretch reflex plays only a minor role in compensating for muscle fatigue induced by spontaneous hopping in humans

   • Bernard Maton
   • A. Le Pellec

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 26 - 35

6. Effects of knee joint angles and fatigue on the neuromuscular control of vastus medialis oblique and vastus lateralis muscle in humans

   • Addie Y. F. Chan
   • Flora L. L. Lee
   • Simon S. Yeung

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 36 - 41

7. Cortisol and testosterone concentrations in wheelchair athletes during submaximal wheelchair ergometry

   • John W. Castellani
   • Lawrence E. Armstrong
   • Carl M. Maresh

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 42 - 47

8. Are the blood pressure and endocrine responses of healthy subjects exposed to cold stress altered by an acutely increased sodium intake?

   • Olli Arjamaa
   • Tero Mäkinen
   • Hannu Rintamäki

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 48 - 53

9. Changes in human skeletal muscle contractility and hormone status during 2 weeks of heavy strength training

   • Truls Raastad
   • Trond Glomsheller
   • Jostein Hallén

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 54 - 63

10. Heart rate during aerobics classes in women with different previous experience of aerobics

    • Raija M. Laukkanen
    • Merja K. Kalaja
    • Heikki K. Rusko

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 64 - 68

11. Heat of sorption induced by sweating affects thermoregulatory responses during heat load

    • Kaori Tanaka
    • Kozo Hirata
    • Yoshinobu Kamata

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 69 - 77

12. Extracellular pH defense against lactic acid in normoxia and hypoxia before and after a Himalayan expedition

    • D. Böning
    • N. Maassen
    • J. M. Steinacker

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 78 - 86

13. Combined effect of heat stress, dehydration and exercise on neuromuscular function in humans

    • Foued Ftaiti
    • Laurent Grélot
    • Jean Marie Coudreuse

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 87 - 94

14. The V˙O₂ slow component in swimming

    • Sabrina Demarie
    • Franco Sardella
    • Marcello Faina

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 95 - 99

15. Measurement and prediction of peak shivering intensity in humans

    • Douglas A. Eyolfson
    • Peter Tikuisis
    • Gordon G. Giesbrecht

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 100 - 106

16. Blood lactate response to overtraining in male endurance athletes

    • Laurent Bosquet
    • Luc Léger
    • Patrick Legros

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 107 - 114

17. Evidence for neuromuscular fatigue during high-intensity cycling in warm, humid conditions

    • Derek Kay
    • Frank E. Marino
    • Timothy D. Noakes

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 115 - 121

18. Force recovery after eccentric exercise in males and females

    • Stephen P. Sayers
    • Priscilla M. Clarkson

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 122 - 126

19. Changes in myosin heavy chain composition with heavy resistance training in 60- to 75-year-old men and women

    • Matthew J. Sharman
    • Robert U. Newton
    • William J. Kraemer

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 127 - 132

20. The human force:velocity relationship; activity in the knee flexor and extensor muscles before and after eccentric practice

    • Olga M. Rutherford
    • Claire Purcell
    • Di J. Newham

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 133 - 140

21. Exercise-induced oxidative stress and muscle performance in healthy women: role of vitamin E supplementation and endogenous oestradiol

    • Bedrettin Akova
    • Esma Sürmen-Gür
    • Selçuk Küçükoglu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 141 - 147

22. Effect of strenuous strength training on the Na-K pump concentration in skeletal muscle of well-trained men

    • Jon Ingulf Medbø
    • Einar Jebens
    • Petter Gramvik

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 148 - 154

23. Lack of IL-6 production during exercise in patients with mitochondrial myopathy

    • Adam Steensberg
    • John Vissing
    • Bente Klarlund Pedersen

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 155 - 157

24. Do the kinetics of peripheral muscle oxygenation reflect systemic oxygen intake?

    • K. Kawaguchi
    • M. Tabusadani
    • K. Onari

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 158 - 161

25. Effects of repeated muscle contractions on the tendon structures in humans

    • Keitaro Kubo
    • Hiroaki Kanehisa
    • Tetsuo Fukunaga

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 162 - 166

26. Erratum: Eur J Appl Physiol (2000) 83: 128–143

    Pages: 167 - 167

27. International course on Laboratory Animal Science – Utrecht, The Netherlands

    ANNOUNCEMENT Pages: 168 - 168