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Original articles

• Four weeks’ corticosteroid inhalation does not augment maximal power output in endurance athletes (14 March, 2008)

  H Kuipers, G A C Van’t Hullenaar, B M Pluim, S E Overbeek, O De Hon, E J Van Breda, L C Van Loon
• Diagnostic accuracy of power Doppler ultrasound in patients with chronic tennis elbow (28 February, 2008)

  C du Toit, M Stieler, R Saunders, L Bisset, B Vicenzino
• Effect of commercial airline travel on oxygen saturation in athletes (10 December, 2007)

  C Geertsema, A B Williams, P Dzendrowskyj, C Hanna
• Determinants of fast marathon performance: low basal sympathetic drive, enhanced postcompetition vasodilatation and preserved cardiac performance after competition (18 January, 2008)

  G Gratze, H Mayer, F C Luft, F Skrabal
• High-intensity ultraendurance promotes early release of muscle injury markers (18 January, 2008)

  A Bessa, M Nissenbaum, A Monteiro, P G Gandra, L S Nunes, A Bassini-Cameron, J P S Werneck-de-Castro, D Vaz de Macedo, L-C Cameron
• Sport-related hyperhomocysteinaemia: a putative marker of muscular demand to be noted for cardiovascular risk (23 January, 2008)

  P Borrione, M Rizzo, A Spaccamiglio, R A Salvo, A Dovio, A Termine, A Parisi, F Fagnani, A Angeli, F Pigozzi
• Temporal trends in adults’ sports participation patterns in England between 1997 and 2006: the Health Survey for England (25 July, 2008) Free

  E Stamatakis, M Chaudhury
• Sports medicine clinical trial research publications in academic medical journals between 1996 and 2005: an audit of the PubMed MEDLINE database (10 December, 2007)

  A W Nichols
• Effects of an automated stride assistance system on walking parameters and muscular glucose metabolism in elderly adults (28 February, 2008)

  H Shimada, T Suzuki, Y Kimura, T Hirata, M Sugiura, Y Endo, K Yasuhara, K Shimada, K Kikuchi, K Oda, K Ishii, K Ishiwata