Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

High adventure - the romance between medicine and mountaineering; analysis and simulation of mechanical loads on the human musculoskeletal system; pre-employment physical evaluation; ageing skeletal muscle - response to exercise; the potential role of physical activity in the prevention of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus - the epidemiological evidence; maternal exercise, foetal well-being and pregnancy outcome; physical fitness and cognitive functioning in ageing; thermoregulatory thermogeneses in humans during cold stress; endurance exercise in ageing humans - effects on energy metabolism; muscle mass and strength; skeletal muscle adaptation to chronic low-frequency motor nerve stimulation; transgenic animal models; physical growth and biological maturation of young athletes; assessment and interpretation of aerobic fitness in children and adolescents; effects of exercise training on plasma lipids and lipoproteins.