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JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

SUPPLEMENTUM 11, VOLUME 8, 2009

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS, VITH EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDICINE CONGRESS, OCTOBER 14-18
2009, ANTALYA/TURKEY

http://www.jssm.org/suppls/11/suppl11abst.php





JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

December 2009, VOLUME 8, ISSUE 4



TABLE OF CONTENTS

http://www.jssm.org/content.php



1) Review article

THE SPORTS SCIENCE OF CURLING: A PRACTICAL REVIEW

John L. Bradley

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/1/v8n4-1abst.php



2) Research article

DOES THE LEVEL OF GRAPHICAL DETAIL OF A VIRTUAL HANDBALL THROWER INFLUENCE A
GOALKEEPER'S MOTOR RESPONSE?

Nicolas Vignais, Benoit Bideau, Cathy Craig, Sébastien Brault, Franck
Multon, Paul Delamarche and Richard Kulpa

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/2/v8n4-2abst.php



3) Research article

EFFECT OF BETA 1, 3/1, 6 GLUCAN ON UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
SYMPTOMS AND MOOD STATE IN MARATHON ATHLETES

Shawn Talbott and Julie Talbott

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/3/v8n4-3abst.php



4) Research article

THE EFFECTS OF CREATINE LONG-TERM SUPPLEMENTATION ON MUSCLE MORPHOLOGY AND
SWIMMING PERFORMANCE IN RATS

Ahmet Yildiz, Ercan Ozdemir, Sefa Gulturk and Sena Erdal

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/4/v8n4-4abst.php



5) Research article

DIFFERENCES IN GAME STATISTICS BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING RUGBY TEAMS IN THE
SIX NATIONS TOURNAMENT

Enrique Ortega, Diego Villarejo and José M. Palao

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/5/v8n4-5abst.php



6) Research article

FAMILIARISATION AND RELIABILITY OF SPRINT TEST INDICES DURING LABORATORY AND
FIELD ASSESSMENT

James G. Hopker, Damian A. Coleman, Jonathan D. Wiles and Andrew Galbraith

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/6/v8n4-6abst.php



7) Research article

EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: A
TWIN STUDY

Sara Mutikainen, Merja Perhonen, Markku Alén, Tuija Leskinen, Jouko
Karjalainen, Taina Rantanen, Jaakko Kaprio and Urho M.Kujala

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/7/v8n4-7abst.php



8) Research article

REPEATED ABDOMINAL EXERCISE INDUCES RESPIRATORY MUSCLE FATIGUE

Christopher L. Gomez, Lisa M. Strongoli and J. Richard Coast

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/8/v8n4-8abst.php



9) Research article

EFFECTS OF PROLONGED TENDON VIBRATION STIMULATION ON ECCENTRIC AND
CONCENTRIC MAXIMAL TORQUE AND EMGS OF THE KNEE EXTENSORS

Yu Konishi, Junjiro Kubo and Akinori Fukudomet

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/9/v8n4-9abst.php



10) Research article

SHORT-TERM BONE BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSE TO A SINGLE BOUT OF HIGH-IMPACT
EXERCISE

Timo Rantalainen, Ari Heinonen, Vesa Linnamo, Paavo V. Komi, Timo E. S.
Takala and Heikki Kainulainen

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/10/v8n4-10abst.php



11) Research article

PATHS TO EXPERTISE IN PORTUGUESE NATIONAL TEAM ATHLETES

Nuno Leite, Joseph Baker and Jaime Sampaio

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/11/v8n4-11abst.php



12) Research article

THE VALIDITY OF SUBMAXIMAL RATINGS OF PERCEIVED EXERTION TO PREDICT ONE
REPETITION MAXIMUM

Roger Eston and Harrison James Llewelyn Evans

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/12/v8n4-12abst.php



13) Research article

EFFECTS OF ENDURANCE RUNNING AND DIETARY FAT ON CIRCULATING GHRELIN AND
PEPTIDE YY

Ryan R. Russel, Kentz S. Willis, Eric Ravussin and Enette D. Larson-Meyer

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/13/v8n4-13abst.php



14) Research article

NONINVASIVE DETERMINATION OF KNEE CARTILAGE DEFORMATION DURING JUMPING

Nenad Filipovic, Radun Vulovic, Aleksandar Peulic, Radivoje Radakovic,
Djordje Kosanic and Branko Ristic

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/14/v8n4-14abst.php



15) Research article

EFFECTS OF SODIUM PHOSPHATE LOADING ON AEROBIC POWER AND CAPACITY IN OFF
ROAD CYCLISTS

Milosz Czuba, Adam Zajac, Stanislaw Poprzecki, Jaroslaw Cholewa and Scott
Woska

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/15/v8n4-15abst.php



16) Research article

THE EFFECT OF TAPERING PERIOD ON PLASMA PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE LEVELS AND
PERFORMANCE IN ELITE MALE CYCLISTS

Negin Farhangimaleki, Farzad Zehsaz and Peter M. Tiidus

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/16/v8n4-16abst.php



17) Research article

KINETIC ASSESSMENT OF GOLF SHOE OUTER SOLE DESIGN FEATURES

Paul Worsfold, Neal A. Smith and Rosemary J. Dyson

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/17/v8n4-17abst.php



18) Research article

NET HEART RATE TO PRESCRIBE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN MIDDLE-AGED TO OLDER ACTIVE
ADULTS

José A. Bragada, Pedro P. Magalhães, Catarina S. Vasques, Tiago M. Barbosa
and Vítor P. Lopes

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/18/v8n4-18abst.php



19) Research article

POST-SEASON DETRAINING EFFECTS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
IN TOP-LEVEL KAYAKERS: COMPARISON OF TWO RECOVERY STRATEGIES

Jesús García-Pallarés, Luis Carrasco, Arturo Díaz and Luis Sánchez-Medina

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/19/v8n4-19abst.php



20) Research article

SCALE DEVELOPMENT FOR MEASURING AND PREDICTING ADOLESCENTS' LEISURE TIME
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOR

Francis Ries, Santiago Romero Granados and Silvia Arribas Galarraga

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/20/v8n4-20abst.php



21) Research article

NUMBER OF SUCCESSIVE CYCLES NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE STABILITY OF SELECTED
GROUND REACTION FORCE VARIABLES DURING CONTINUOUS JUMPING

Vitamor Racic, Aleksandar Pavic and, Jasmes M.W. Brownjohn

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/21/v8n4-21abst.php



22) Research article

IMPROVED MOTOR-TIMING: EFFECTS OF SYNCHRONIZED METRO-NOME TRAINING ON GOLF
SHOT ACCURACY

Marius Sommer and Louise Rönnqvist

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/22/v8n4-22abst.php



23) Research article

A STUDY OF SHUTTLECOCK'S TRAJECTORY IN BADMINTON

Lung-Ming Chen, Yi-Hsiang Pan and Yung-Jen Chen

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/23/v8n4-23abst.php



24) Research article

MUSCLE STRENGTH AND QUALITATIVE JUMP-LANDING DIFFERENCES IN MALE AND FEMALE
MILITARY CADETS: THE JUMP-ACL STUDY

Anthony I. Beutler, Sarah J. de la Motte, Stephen W. Marshall, Darin A.
Padua and Barry P. Boden

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/24/v8n4-24abst.php



25) Research article

EFFECTS OF HIGH-DOSE CREATINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON KIDNEY AND LIVER RESPONSES
IN SEDENTARY AND EXERCISED RATS

Renato A. Souza, Humberto Miranda, Murilo Xavier, Rodrigo A. Lazo-Osorio,
Hélio A. Gouvea, José C. Cogo, Rodolfo P. Vieira and Wellington Ribeiro

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/25/v8n4-25abst.php



26) Research article

CIRCUIT RESISTANCE EXERCISE IMPROVES GLYCEMIC CONTROL AND ADIPOKINES IN
FEMALES WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Sunghwun Kang, Jin Hee Woo, Ki Ok Shin, Dukkuy Kim, Hye-Jeong Lee, Young Jun
Kim and Nam Hwoeh Yeo

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/26/v8n4-26abst.php



27) Research article

THE RELIABILITY OF ADOLESCENT THERMOREGULATORY RESPONSES DURING A HEAT
ACCLIMATION PROTOCOL

Caroline S. Brokenshire, Neil Armstrong and Craig A. Williams

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/27/v8n4-27abst.php



28) Case report

EXERCISE LIMITATIONS IN A COMPETITIVE CYCLIST TWELVE MONTHS POST HEART
TRANSPLANTATION

Jeremy A. Patterson and Nicolas G. Walton

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/28/v8n4-28abst.php



29) Case report

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF STRESS FRACTURE OF THE SCAPHOID OF AN ADOLESCENT
GYMNAST

Tokuyoshi Yamagiwa, Hiroyuki Fujioka, Hiroaki Okuno, Masaki Tomatsuri,
Kenjiro Tsunemi, Juichi Tanaka and Shinichi Yoshiya

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/29/v8n4-29abst.php



30) Case report

SUBCUTANEOUS PERONEUS LONGUS TENDON RUPTURE ASSOCIATED WITH OS PERONEUM
FRACTURE

Hiroyuki Fujioka, Takeshi Kokubu, Takeshi Makino, Issei Nagura, Toshihisa
Maeda, Masahiro Kurosaka, Hiroaki Okuno, Tokuyoshi Yamagiwa, Juichi Tanaka
and Shinichi Yoshiya

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/30/v8n4-30abst.php



31) Letter to Editor

COMMENTS ON THE PAPER "THE NEPHROTOXICITY RISK IN RATS SUBJECTED TO HEAVY
MUSCLE ACTIVITY" BY GULSEN ONER AND SELMA CIRRIK (2009) JOURNAL OF SPORTS
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE 8, 481-488" AND RESPONSE OF THE AUTHORS

Thys M. Mouton

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/31/v8n4-31text.php



32) Letter to Editor

HIGHER BODY MASS INDEX IS A PREDICTOR OF DEATH AMONG PROFESSIONAL SUMO
WRESTLERS

Hideyuki Kanda, Takehito Hayakawa, Satoshi Tsuboi, Yayoi Mori, Teruna
Takahashi and Tetsuhito Fukushima

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/32/v8n4-32text.php



33) Book review

SPORTS INJURY PREVENTION (HANDBOOK OF SPORTS MEDICINE AND SCIENCE)

Roald Bahr and Lars Engebretsen

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/33/v8n4-33text.php



34) Book review

THE OLYMPIC TEXTBOOK OF SCIENCE IN SPORT (THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SPORTS
MEDICINE)

Ronald J. Maughan

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/34/v8n4-34text.php



35) Book review

GENETICS AND SPORTS (MEDICINE AND SPORT SCIENCE)

Ronald J. Maughan

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/35/v8n4-35text.php



36) Book review

PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

Neil Armstrong & William van Mechelen

http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/36/v8n4-36text.php