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High adventure: the romance between medicine and mountaineering / Analysis and simulation of mechanical loads on the human musculoskeletal system: A methodological overview / Preemployment physical evaluation / Aging skeletal muscle: response to exercise / The potential role of physical activity in the prevention of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: the epidemiological evidence / Maternal exercise, fetal well-being and pregnancy outcome / Physical fitness and cognitive functioning in aging / Thermoregulatory thermogenesis in humans during cold stress / Endurance exercise in aging humans: effects on energy metabolism / Growth hormone effects on metabolism, body composition, muscle mass, and strength / Sketetal muscle adaptation to chronic low-frequency motor nerve stimulation / Transgenic animal models / Physical growth and biological maturation of young athletes / Assessment and interpretation of aerobic fitness in children and adolescents / Effects of exercise training on plasma lipids and lipoproteins.