Preface. List of reviewers. Introduction. Monkey business: evolution, culture, and youth sport - J Broekhoff. Part One: Body composition and growth. Regional adiposity and the sex hormones - A D Martin and M Daniel. Mineral and water contents of the fat-free body: effect of gender, activity level, age and maturation - H M Slaughter, C B Christ, R A Boileau, R J Stillman and T G Lohman. Longitudinal study of the stability of the somatotype in boys and girls - W Duquet, J Borms, J Hebbelinck, J A P Day and P Cordemans. The analysis of individual and average growth curves: some methodological aspects - R Hauspie and H Chrzastek-Spruch. Part Two: Physical activity, health and fitness. Nutrition and physical activity - J Parizkova. Windsurfing: effects of youth-specific changes in materials and techniques concerning the load on the lower back during the lifting of the sail - D de Clercq, N Debo and R Claeys. Skeletal ruggedness as a factor in performance of Olympic and national calibre synchronised swimmers, M R Hawkes & D Sovak. Applications of spinal shrinkage to subjects with low back pain - G Garbutt, M G Boocock, T Reilly and J D G Troup. Flexibility, warm-up and injuries in mature games players - T Reilly and A Stirling. Daily physical activity and its relationship with health related and performance related fitness in thirty- year-old men - C Van den Bossche, G Beunen, R Renson, J Lefevre, A Claessens, R Lysens, H Maes, J Simons, B Vanden Eynde and B Vanreusel. The effects of continuous and intermittent training on the ventilatory threshold and maximum exercise capacity of middle-aged men, P S C Gomes & Y Bhambhani. Heritability of health- and performance-related fitness, H Maes, G Beunen, R Vlietinck, J LeFevre, C Van den Bossche, A Claessens, R Derom, R Lysnes, R Renson, J Simons & B Vanden Eynde. Ergometric assessment of kayak paddlers - S Derham & T Reilly. Part Three: Performance and Anthropometry. Physical activity and bone - D Bailey and R G McCulloch. Distinguishing anthropological factors in female speed skaters with respect to their success in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games - D Sovak and M Hawes. Sexual dimorphism in fat patterning in young track and field athletes - J Maia and A Costa. Somatotypes of female veteran track and field athletes - J Broekhoff, W Pieter, D Taaffe and A Nadgir. Relation of anthropometric measures and anaerobic performance in young Brazilian soccer players - J Soares and L A Anjos. Sexual dimorphism and motor performance of female children, with a remark on elitism and negative selection - F Sobral. Part Four: Growth and performance. Biological maturation and physical performance - G Beunen. A comparison of oxygen uptake during running in children and adults - R Eston, S Robson and E Winter. Physical performance decline or improvement of girls at the time of PHV and later maximal performance - J Borms, W Duquet, M Hebbelinck, J A P Day and A Henderix. Tracking at the extremes in health- and performance-related fitness from adolescence through adulthood - J Lefevre, G Beunen, A Claessens, R Lysens, H Maes, R Renson, J Simons, B Vanden Eynde and B Vanreusel. Growth, physical performance and psychological characteristics of disadvantaged Brazilian pre-school children - B Rocha Ferreira and L L Rocha. Changes in running speed and endurance among girls during puberty - S Szczesny and J Coudert. Youth sports: readiness, selection and trainability - R M Malina. Index
