We thank the publishers, editors and authors of Greenwich Medical Media Ltd. (GMM) for permission to reproduce figures and draw upon material from their text, Sports Medicine Problems and Practical Management (1997). Chap 4, Figs 4 and 5 are from Chap 5 Figs 9 and 12; Chap.23 , Fig. 3 is from Chap 17, Fig. 6; Chap 21, Figs 1 and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 are from Figs 2, 9, 11, 12, 21, 26, 27, 29, 32, 33, 38 respectively.

We also thank William and Wilkins, PA, for permission to use Fig 2-1, p. 13, Chap 2 and Fig E-1, p. 290, Appendix E from ACSM’s Guideline for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 5th edition, by W. Larry Kenney (Ed.); Oxford University Press to use Fig. 1, p. 206, from the Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine, by M Harries et al. (1994); CRC Press for permission to use Tables 10-2 (p. 83), 10-3 (p. 84), 20-1, 20-2 from Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician (1994), 2nd edition, RB Birrer (Ed.),.and Hanley and Belfus to use Tables from pages 12,13 and 431 in Sports Medicine Secrets (1994), MB Mellion (Ed.).

Thank you to Professor John Thomson for providing invaluable editorial assistance and to all the staff at Oxford University Press, especially Esther Hunt, for all their help at every stage of production