Table of contents

Original articles

• Perception of Nigerian athletes of the use of mouth guards to prevent the stresses of sports injury (23 November, 2004)

  O A Adegbesan, C O Onyeaso
• Mechanisms of head injuries in elite football (23 November, 2004)

  T E Andersen, Á Árnason, L Engebretsen, R Bahr
• Skeletal muscle pathology in endurance athletes with acquired training intolerance (23 November, 2004)

  L A Grobler, M Collins, M I Lambert, C Sinclair-Smith, W Derman, A St Clair Gibson, T D Noakes
• Abnormally high serum ferritin levels among professional road cyclists (23 November, 2004)

  H Zotter, N Robinson, M Zorzoli, L Schattenberg, M Saugy, P Mangin
• Histology of the fascial-periosteal interface in lower limb chronic deep posterior compartment syndrome (23 November, 2004)

  T D A Barbour, C A Briggs, S N Bell, C J Bradshaw, D J Venter, P D Brukner
• Weight changes, medical complications, and performance during an Ironman triathlon (23 November, 2004)

  K A Sharwood, M Collins, J H Goedecke, G Wilson, T D Noakes
• Sensory level electrical muscle stimulation: effect on markers of muscle injury (23 November, 2004)

  T J McLoughlin, A R Snyder, P G Brolinson, F X Pizza
• Inspiratory resistive loading improves cycling capacity: a placebo controlled trial (23 November, 2004)

  A D Gething, M Williams, B Davies
• Comparing spondylolysis in cricketers and soccer players (23 November, 2004)

  P L Gregory, M E Batt, R W Kerslake
• Reductions in pre-season training loads reduce training injury rates in rugby league players (23 November, 2004)

  T J Gabbett
• Sports related maxillofacial injuries: the first maxillofacial trauma database in Switzerland (23 November, 2004)

  A K Exadaktylos, N M Eggensperger, S Eggli, K M Smolka, H Zimmermann, T Iizuka
• Three year follow up of a self certification system for the assessment of fitness to dive in Scotland (23 November, 2004)

  S Glen
• Patellar tendinosis as an adaptive process: a new hypothesis (23 November, 2004)

  B Hamilton, C Purdam
• Improving golf performance with a warm up conditioning programme (23 November, 2004)

  A J Fradkin, C A Sherman, C F Finch
• Effective ways of restoring muscular imbalances of the rotator cuff muscle group: a comparative study of various training methods (23 November, 2004)

  P C Malliou, K Giannakopoulos, A G Beneka, A Gioftsidou, G Godolias
• Exercise following a sport induced concussion (23 November, 2004)

  B Gall, W S Parkhouse, D Goodman
• An evaluation of differences in hip external rotation strength and range of motion between female dancers and non-dancers (23 November, 2004)

  A Gupta, B Fernihough, G Bailey, P Bombeck, A Clarke, D Hopper
• A simple multistage field test for the prediction of anaerobic capacity in female games players (23 November, 2004)

  S-M Cooper, J S Baker, Z E Eaton, N Matthews