Correction ========== C A Vella, R A Robergs. A review of the stroke volume response to upright exercise in healthy subjects ([Br J Sports Med 2005;39:190–5](http://bjsm.bmj.com/lookup/volpage/39/190)). A mistake in the second sentence of the first paragraph of "Historical Perspective" has been noted: "The theory of a stroke volume plateau developed from early research based on a few subjects during two or three exercise intensities..." should read "two to five exercise intensities". In addition, there is a misprint in table 1. Under Ferguson *et al* the values in the Vo2max column and the SVmax (ml/beat) are incorrect and should be: 7 MT women (18–30): Vo2max 42.1 ml/kg/min, SVmax (ml/beat) 90 9 ET women (18–30): Vo2max 64.3 ml/kg/min, SVmax (ml/beat) 121