DOI: 10.1055/s-00000028

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Issue 04 · Volume 20 · May 1999 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-5595

Review

209
Dixon, S. J.; Batt, M. E.; Collop, A. C.: Artificial Playing Surfaces Research: A Review of Medical, Engineering and Biomechanical Aspects

Physiology and Biochemistry

219
Bailey, B. M.; Davies, B.: Decreased Chronotiropic Drive as an Adaptation to Chronic Exercise; Possible Mechanisms
222
Whyte, G.; Sharma, S.; George, K.; McKenna, W. J.: Alterations in Cardiac Morphology and Function in Elite Multi-Disciplinary Athletes
227
Kuipers, H.; Fransen, E. J.; Keizer, H. A.: Pre-Exercise Ingestion of Carbohydrate and Transient Hypoglycemia During Exercise
232
Cottin, F.; Papelier, Y.; Escourrou, P.: Effects of Exercise Load and Breathing Frequency on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variability During Dynamic Exercise

Training and Testing

239
Marais, G.; Weissland, T.; Robin, H.; Vanvelcenaher, J. M.; Lavoie, J. M.; Pelayo, P.: Physiological Effects of Variations in Spontaneously Chosen Crank Rate During Sub-Maximal and Supra-Maximal Upper Body Exercises
246
Yamamura, C.; Zushi, S.; Takata, K.; Ishiko, T.; Matsui, N.; Kitagawa, K.: Physiological Characteristics of Well-Trained Synchronized Swimmers in Relation to Performance Scores

Nutrition

252
Rauch, H. G. L.; Hawley, J. A.; Woodey, M.; Noakes, T. D.; Dennis, S. C.: Effects of Ingesting a Sports Bar Versus Glucose Polymer on Substrate Utilisation and Ultra-Endurance Performance

Immunology

258
Bouic, P. J. D.; Clark, A.; Lamprecht, J.; Freestone, M.; Pool, E. J.; Liebenberg, R. W.; Kotze, D.; van Jaarsveld, P. P.: The Effects of B-Sitosterol (BSS) and B-Sitosterol Glucoside (BSSG) Mixture on Selected Immune Parameters of Marathon Runners: Inhibition of Post Marathon Immune Suppression and Inflammation

Orthopedics and Clinical Science

263
Tsuruike, M.; Koceja, D. M.: Conditioned Patellar Tendon-Tap Reflexes in Patients with ACL Reconstruction