By Samuele M Marcora, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, Wales To the Editor: I agree with Professor Tim Noakes that the presence of an end-spurt cannot be explained by either the traditional peripheral fatigue model, or the more recent negative feedback model proposed by Amann and […]
Month: September 2008
The thickness of air: Parachuting from fixed objects
By A Westman, M Rosn, P Berggren, U Bjrnstig Kindly invited by the Editor to comment on our paper “Parachuting from fixed objects: descriptive study of 106 fatal events in BASE jumping 1981-2006,” we would like to bring the attention of the readership to the thickness of air. In parachuting jargon, a fall through the […]
Letter to the Editor: Does exercise training during pregnancy affect gestational age?
By Adriana Suely de Oliveira Melo, MD, MSc et al. Barakat et al. 1 have presented us with a paper of excellent methodological quality, following all the steps recommended in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) and dealing with a question that never fails to generate controversy with respect to the practice of physical […]
Book Review: Martindale’s Drugs Restricted in Sport
Martindale’s Drugs Restricted in Sport, Pocket Companion, 2008 Sean C. Sweetman (editor) Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press, 2008 ISBN 978-0-85369-825-8 416 pages “Martindale’s Drugs Restricted in Sport” is unique in its kind. It is the first pharmacopia that lists all the drugs that are on the WADA list of prohibited substances, drawing on the wealth of information […]