Roy J. Shephard

TL;DR: It is important that sports physicians minimize the incidence of viral infections in the athletes for whom they are responsible, with potential tactics include maintenance of immunization schedules, minimizing of exposure to infection, avoidance of over-training, maintenance of an adequate diet, and reduction of psychological and environmental stress.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the abbreviated Wingate test offers a reliable and valid tool for the evaluation of PPO and MPO, at least in young physical education students.

TL;DR: There is a need for a fuller understanding of how cardiac risk factors are modified by exercise, both in the middle-aged adult and the ‘postcoronary’ patient.

TL;DR: CO2 rebreathing measurements of cardiac output have been made in 8 men and 7 women aged 60--76 years, before and immediately after participation in an 11-week endurance training programme, showing a lower heart rate than in younger subjects at a given percentage of maximum oxygen intake.

TL;DR: It is concluded that participants in a daily physical education program during primary school do not display any advantage of physical fitness over control subjects as adults, which underlines the necessity of stimulating physical functions throughout the lifespan in order to maintain physical fitness.