Dear Colleagues, December Issue (Volume 4, 2005) of the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine is now available for you to access the abstracts and the full articles in http and pdf formats. I would like to, once again, welcome you to the JSSM and express my gratitude for your support to the JSSM. Yours truly, Hakan Gur, MD, PhD Editor-in-Chief For more information on JSSM go to: http://www.jssm.org <http://www.jssm.org/> If you have any questions please contact me by e-mail at [log in to unmask] The Journal of Sports Science and Medicine is indexed in SCI Expanded, Focus on: Sports Science & Medicine, SciSearch, ISI Journal Master List, Index Copernicus, SPORTDiscus, DOAJ, J-Gate and SPONET JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE DECEMBER 2005, VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS http://www.jssm.org/content.php 1) RESEARCH ARTICLE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT REST INTERVALS ON THE EXERCISE VOLUME COMPLETED DURING SQUAT BOUTS Rahman Rahimi <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/361text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/361text.php 2) RESEARCH ARTICLE THE EFFECT OF FOOTBALL SHOULDER PADS ON PULMONARY FUNCTION J. Richard Coast, Jessica L. Baronas, Colleen Morris and K. Sean Willeford http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/367text.php 3) RESEARCH ARTICLE HORMONE REPLACEMENT AND STRENGTH TRAINING POSITIVELY INFLUENCE BALANCE DURING GAIT IN POST-MENOPAUSAL FEMALES: A PILOT STUDY Stephen D. Perry, Eric Bombardier, Alison Radtke and Peter M. Tiidus http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/372text.php 4) RESEARCH ARTICLE EMOTIONAL STATES OF ATHLETES PRIOR TO PERFORMANCE-INDUCED INJURY Tracey J. Devonport, Andrew M. Lane and Yuri L. Hanin http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/382text.php 5) RESEARCH ARTICLE TOLERANCE AND CONDITIONING TO NEURO-MUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION WITHIN AND BETWEEN SESSIONS AND GENDER Gad Alon and Gerald V. Smith http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/395text.php 6) RESEARCH ARTICLE BODY WATER INDICES AS MARKERS OF AGING IN MALE MASTERS SWIMMERS Georgianna Tuuri, Michael J. Keenan, Kenneth M. West, James P. Delany and J. Mark Loftin http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/406text.php 7) RESEARCH ARTICLE EFFECTS OF PROLONGED EXERCISE ON OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE IN ENDURANCE HORSE Susanna Kinnunen, Mustafa Atalay, Seppo Hyyppä, Arja Lehmuskero, Osmo Hänninen and Niku Oksala <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/415text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/415text.php 8) RESEARCH ARTICLE IMMEDIATE RE-HYDRATION POST-EXERCISE IS NOT COINCIDENT WITH RAISED MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE OVER A 30-MINUTE OBSERVATION PERIOD Bartholomew Kay, Brendan J. O'Brien and Nicholas D. Gill http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/422text.php 9) RESEARCH ARTICLE COMPARISON OF OXYGEN UPTAKE KINETICS AND OXYGEN DEFICIT IN SEVERELY OVERWEIGHT AND NORMAL WEIGHT ADOLESCENT FEMALES Mark Loftin, Luke Heusel, Marc Bonis, Lauren Carlisle and Melinda Sothern http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/430text.php 10) RESEARCH ARTICLE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO 90 s ALL OUT ISOKINETIC SPRINT CYCLING IN BOYS AND MEN Helen Carter, Jeanne Dekerle, Gary Brickley and Craig A. Williams http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/437text.php 11) RESEARCH ARTICLE PREFERRED AND ENERGETICALLY OPTIMAL TRANSITION SPEEDS DURING BACKWARD HUMAN LOCOMOTION Alan Hreljac, Rodney Imamura, Rafael F. Escamilla, Jeffrey Casebolt and Mitell Sison http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/446text.php 12) RESEARCH ARTICLE INCLUSION OF EXERCISE INTENSITIES ABOVE THE LACTATE THRESHOLD IN VO2/RUNNING SPEED REGRESSION DOES NOT IMPROVE THE PRECISION OF ACCUMULATED OXYGEN DEFICIT ESTIMATION IN ENDURANCE-TRAINED RUNNERS Victor M. Reis, António J. Silva, António Ascensão and José A. Duarte http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/455text.php 13) RESEARCH ARTICLE RELIABILITY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE VARIABLES IN CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND THE ROLE OF GRADED EXERCISE Karen E. Wallman, Alan R. Morton, Carmel Goodman and Robert Grove http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/463text.php 14) RESEARCH ARTICLE THE EFFECTS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE ON SKELETAL MUSCLE METABOLISM, MORPHOLOGY AND IN SITU ENDURANCE IN DIABETIC RATS Nilay Ergen, Hatice Kurdak, Seref Erdogan, Ufuk Ozgü Mete, Mehmet Kaya, Nurten Dikmen, Ayşe Doğan and Sanli Sadi Kurdak http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/472text.php 15) RESEARCH ARTICLE RESPIRATORY RATE IS A VALID AND RELIABLE MARKER FOR THE ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEASURING CHANGE IN FITNESS Daniel G. Carey, Leslie A. Schwarz, German J. Pliego and Robert L. Raymond http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/482text.php 16) RESEARCH ARTICLE ANALYSIS OF ISOKINETIC KNEE EXTENSION / FLEXION IN MALE ELITE ADOLESCENT WRESTLERS Sanli Sadi Kurdak, Kerem Özgünen, Ümüt Adas, Cigdem Zeren, Banu Aslangiray, Zübeyde Yazıcı and Selcen Korkmaz http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/489text.php 17) RESEARCH ARTICLE A THREE DIMENSIONAL KINEMATIC AND KINETIC STUDY OF THE GOLF SWING Steven M. Nesbit <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/499text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/499text.php 18) RESEARCH ARTICLE WORK AND POWER ANALYSIS OF THE GOLF SWING Steven M. Nesbit and Monika Serrano http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/520text.php 19) RESEARCH ARTICLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MTI ACCELEROMETER (ACTIGRAPH) COUNTS AND RUNNING SPEED DURING CONTINUOUS AND INTERMITTENT EXERCISE Comlavi B. Guinhouya, Hervé Hubert, Grégory Dupont and Alain Durocher http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/534text.php 20) RESEARCH ARTICLE A COMPARISON OF MENTAL STRATEGIES DURING ATHLETIC SKILLS PERFORMANCE Eugenio A. Peluso, Michael J. Ross, Jeffrey D. Gfeller and Donna J. LaVoie http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/543text.php 21) RESEARCH ARTICLE PREVALENCE OF THE FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD IN EDIRNE, TURKEY Selma Arzu Vardar, Erdal Vardar, Gülay Durmus Altun, Cem Kurt and Levent Öztürk http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/550text.php 22) RESEARCH ARTICLE A PILOT STUDY TO INVESTIGATE EXPLOSIVE LEG EXTENSOR POWER AND WALKING PERFORMANCE AFTER STROKE Helen Dawes, Catherine Smith, Johnny Collett, Derick Wade, Ken Howells, Roger Ramsbottom, Hooshang Izadi and Cath Sackley http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/556text.php 23) RESEARCH ARTICLE EFFECT OF HOME-BASED WELL-ROUNDED EXERCISE IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS Tomoko Yamauchi, Mohammod M. Islam, Daisuke Koizumi, Michael E. Rogers, Nicole L. Rogers and Nobuo Takeshima http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/563text.php 24) RESEARCH ARTICLE A LABORATORY TEST FOR THE EXAMINATION OF ALACTIC RUNNING PERFORMANCE Armin Kibele and David Behm http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/572text.php 25) RESEARCH ARTICLE COMPARATIVE KINEMATIC MEASURES OF TREADMILL RUNNING WITH OR WITHOUT BODY WEIGHT SUPPORT IN RUNNERS Duane Millslagle, Morris Levy and Nick Matack http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/583text.php 26) RESEARCH ARTICLE A MULTI-STATION PROPRIOCEPTIVE EXERCISE PROGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH BILATERAL KNEE OSTEOARTHROSIS: FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, PAIN AND SENSORIOMOTOR FUNCTION. A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL Ufuk Sekir and Hakan Gur http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/590text.php 27) CASE REPORT DISPLACED FRACTURE OF THE FEMORAL SHAFT FROM KICKING THE GROUND DURING SOCCER - A CASE REPORT Kei Miyamoto, Masaji Morita, Kazuaki Masuda, Masato Maeda, Hiroaki Terashima and Katsuji Shimizu <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/604text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/604text.php Young Investigator Section 28) RESEARCH ARTICLE ANTHROPOMETRIC COMPARISON OF WORLD-CLASS SPRINTERS AND NORMAL POPULATIONS Niels Uth <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/608text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/608text.php 29) LETTER TO THE EDITOR DO RUNNING SHOES PROTECT ALL RUNNERS? Benjamin E.J. Spurgeon <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/617text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/617text.php 30) BOOK REVIEW NUTRITION AND FITNESS (PART 1): OBESITY, THE METABOLIC SYNDROME, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND CANCER Artemis P. Simopoulos <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/618text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/618text.php 31) BOOK REVIEW NUTRITION AND FITNESS (PART 2): MENTAL HEALTH, AGING, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A HEALTHY DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LIFESTYLE Artemis P. Simopoulos <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/619text.php> http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/619text.php 32) BOOK REVIEW DRUGS IN SPORT David R. Mottram http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/620text.php <http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/619text.php> 33) GUEST REVIEWERS, VOLUME 4 http://www.jssm.org/vol4/n4/32/v4n4-32grv4.php