Muscle : producing force and movement /Paavo V. Komi and Masaki Ishikawa --Physiological demands of sprinting and multiple-sprint sports / Clyde Williams --Physiological demands of endurance exercise /Andrew M. Jones and David C. Poole --Physiological adaptations to training / Martin J. Gibala and Mark Rakobowchuk --Skeletal muscle metabolic adaptations to training /Graham P. Holloway and Lawrence L. Spriet -- Nutrition needs of athletes /Ronald J. Maughan --Dietary goals and eating strategies /Louise M. Burke --Hydration /Susan M. Shirreffs -- Body composition and sports performance /Timothy Olds --Exercise immunology /Michael Gleeson --Exercise, inflammation, and metabolism / Bente K. Pedersen --Genetic determinants of physical performance / Claude Bouchard and Tuomo Rankinen --Molecular mechanisms of adaptations to training /Frank W. Booth and P. Darrell Neufer -- Biomechanics of human movement and muscle-tendon function /Vasilios Baltzopoulos and Constantinos N. Maganaris --Sports ergonomics /Thomas Reilly and Adrian Lees --Exercise and psychological well-being / Panteleimon Ekkekakis and Susan H. Backhouse --Psychological characteristics of athletes and their responses to sport-related stressors / John S. Raglin and Gregory Wilson --Performance-enhancing drugs /Mario Thevis and Wilhelm Schonzer --Cardiorespiratory limitations to performance /Niels H. Secher --Metabolic limitations to performance / Francis B. Stephens and Paul I. Greenhaff --The brain and fatigue / Timothy D. Noakes, Helen Crewe, and Ross Tucker --The young athlete / Lyle J. Micheli and Margo Mountjoy --The female athlete /Myra A. Nimmo --Health benefits of exercise and physical fitness /Michael J. LaMonte, Karl F. Kozlowski, and Frank Cerny.