TY - JOUR T1 - <em>From the authors</em> JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 182 LP - 183 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00029207 VL - 30 IS - 1 AU - P. Palange AU - S. A. Ward Y1 - 2007/07/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/30/1/182.abstract N2 - We thank S. Kostianev and co-workers for their comments relating to the recent European Respiratory Society Task Force document 1. In contrast to the attention given to the utility of recovery indices in athletic populations, there has been little systematic analysis … ER -