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  1. The intricate nature of an athlete's abilities evolves dynamically with the enhancement of motor skills. Hence the study sought to investigate the impact of a tailored four-week exercise program`encompassing e...

    Authors: Sonakshi Sehgal, Aksh Chahal, Vandana Esht, Mohammed M. Alshehri, Rashid Ali Beg, Mohammad Abu Shaphe, Ramzi Abdu Alajam, Faizan Z. Kashoo, Ahmad H. Alghadir and Masood Khan
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:117
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  2. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive neoplasm, with surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy the only curative treatment. Treatment-related toxicities place a considerable burden on pat...

    Authors: Malcolm Brown, Dominic O’Connor, Richard Turkington, Martin Eatock, Rebecca Vince, Claire Hulme, Roy Bowdery, Rebecca Robinson, Jonathan Wadsley, Anthony Maraveyas and Gillian Prue
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:116
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  3. People with physical disabilities and/or chronic diseases tend to have an inactive lifestyle. Monitoring physical activity levels is important to provide insight on how much and what types of activities people...

    Authors: Pim Brandenbarg, Femke Hoekstra, Ioulia Barakou, Bregje L. Seves, Florentina J. Hettinga, Trynke Hoekstra, Lucas H. V van der Woude, Rienk Dekker and Leonie A. Krops
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:115
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  4. Lumbar spine injuries in fast bowlers account for the greatest missed playing time in cricket. A range of extrinsic and intrinsic variables are hypothesised to be associated with low back pain and lumbar spine...

    Authors: Patrick Farhart, David Beakley, Ashish Diwan, Rob Duffield, Elizabeth Pickering Rodriguez, Uphar Chamoli and Mark Watsford
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:114
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  5. Following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), many athletes do not return to their sport, often driven by concerns about re-injury. Psychological support strategies might help, but are not routin...

    Authors: Magnus Ringberg, Ann Catrine Eldh, Clare L Ardern and Joanna Kvist
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:113
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  6. Abdominal bracing is a maneuver widely used by rehabilitation specialists and sports trainers to improve spinal stability. This study aimed to investigate how lifting tasks with and without abdominal bracing a...

    Authors: Martin Sembera, Andrew Busch, Alena Kobesova, Barbora Hanychova, Jan Sulc and Pavel Kolar
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:112
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  7. Revision anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is technically challenging due to mispositioned tunnels, bone loss, and tunnel enlargement, which may compromise graft fixation and result in failure. T...

    Authors: Sumin Lim, Ki-Hoon Park, Do Young Park, Tae Hun Kim, Jeong-Hyun Koh and Jun Young Chung
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:111
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  8. Lower limb malalignment is associated with gait kinematics, but there is limited information on the relationship between gait kinematics and tibial torsion in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). This st...

    Authors: Chen Huang, Ping-Keung Chan, Kwong-Yuen Chiu, Chun-Hoi Yan, Shun-Shing Yeung, Christopher Wai-Keung Lai, Aaron Kam-Lun Leung and Siu Ngor Fu
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:110
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  9. Short-track speed skating movement involves asymmetric overloading of the lower left side of the body. The gluteus maximus fatigue limits the physical and mental athletic capacity to perform set tasks. A possi...

    Authors: Mariusz Konieczny, Elżbieta Skorupska, Przemysław Domaszewski, Paweł Pakosz, Marta Skulska and Pablo Herrero
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:109
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  10. Esport players require a high number of action moves per minute to play, with substantial contractions of the wrist extensor muscles. Players frequently suffer from acute fatigue. The purpose of this study was...

    Authors: Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue, Alexander Rothstein, Min-Kyung Jung, Hallie Zwibel and William G Werner
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:108
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  11. The vertical jump can be analyzed based on the flight time achieved by the individual. This measurement can be obtained using a force platform or a three-dimensional infrared camera system, but such equipment ...

    Authors: Luis C. Caseiro-Filho, Carlos E. Girasol, Mateus L. Rinaldi, Tenysson W. Lemos and Rinaldo R. J. Guirro
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:107
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  12. To evaluate the effects of different warm-up methods on the acute effect of lower limb explosive strength with the help of a reticulated meta-analysis system and to track the optimal method.

    Authors: F. Y. Li, C. G. Guo, H. S. Li, H. R. Xu and P. Sun
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:106
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  13. Survival training can provide a unique setting for scientific examination of human stress responses and physical performance in a realistic operational military context. The aim of the present study was to obs...

    Authors: Tommi Ojanen, Kai Pihlainen, Jussi Yli-Renko, Jani P. Vaara, Tarja Nykänen, Risto Heikkinen and Heikki Kyröläinen
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:105
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  14. Inter-joint coordination is an important factor affecting postural stability, and its variability increases after fatigue. This study aimed to investigate the coordination pattern of lower limb joints during t...

    Authors: Jian He, Dongwei Liu, Meijin Hou, Anhua Luo, Shuhao Wang and Ye Ma
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:104
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  15. The effectiveness of strength training with free-weight vs. machine equipment is heavily debated. Thus, the purpose of this meta-analysis was to summarize the data on the effect of free-weight versus machine-b...

    Authors: Markus E. Haugen, Fredrik T. Vårvik, Stian Larsen, Arvid S. Haugen, Roland van den Tillaar and Thomas Bjørnsen
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:103
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  16. Low back pain is one of the most common complaints affecting many individuals. The McGill Pain Questionnaire is used in various clinical settings to assess different types of pain and one of the most extensive...

    Authors: Amna Sharif, Fareeha Amjad, Syed Asadullah Arslan and Ashfaq Ahmad
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:102
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  17. The objective of this study was to establish the criterion-related validity of the session-rating of perceived exertion (s-RPE) method in adolescent athletes.

    Authors: Haochong Liu, Wenpu Yang, Haoyang Liu, Dapeng Bao, Yixiong Cui, Indy Man Kit Ho and Qian Li
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:101
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  18. Generalised joint hypermobility (GJH) has been associated with an increased risk of suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Patients with GJH exhibit lower muscle strength and poorer scores for p...

    Authors: Jakob Lindskog, Ramana Piussi, Rebecca Simonson, Johan Högberg, Kristian Samuelsson, Roland Thomeé, David Sundemo and Eric Hamrin Senorski
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:100
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  19. Long exhausted running causes pain at the lateral femoral epicondyle for some runners. The pain has been revealed to be related to the behavior of the iliotibial band (ITB) during running. The purpose of this ...

    Authors: Shane Fei Chen, Yan Wang, Fangbo Bing and Ming Zhang
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:99
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  20. Cardiac rehabilitation is a key component of secondary prevention, but uptake is often low, and motivation to pursue exercise and lifestyle changes may be lacking in patients who have suffered from acute myoca...

    Authors: Nina Serves, Lionel Pazart, Damien Gabriel, Laurent Mourot and Fiona Ecarnot
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:98
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  22. Breast cancer patients are recommended to engage in regular exercise. In developing countries, where there is a lack of facilities to offer specialized, supervised exercise for this population, regularly exerc...

    Authors: Vahid Farajivafa, Nasim Khosravi, Nilofar Rezaee, Maryam Koosha and Shahpar Haghighat
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:96
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  23. Muscle contraction type in resistance exercise training may confer benefits besides strength in individuals with osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks. The purpose of the study was to explore w...

    Authors: Heather K. Vincent, Sharareh Sharififar, Christian McLaren, James May and Kevin R. Vincent
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:95
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  24. In the period between 2020 and 2023, during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, many countries released their restriction measures so that individuals were able to begin practicing physical exerc...

    Authors: Lucas Guilherme Oliveira da Silva, Tatiane Silva de Souza, Camila Réquia Silva, Flávia Figueiredo Freua, Lucas Barqueiro Medeiro da Silva, Yara Juliano, Luiz Henrique Silva Nali, Luiz Carlos Hespanhol Jr. and Ana Paula Ribeiro
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:94
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  25. A large number of previous studies have examined how different neurofeedback-based techniques may influence motor learning. However, only a few studies attempted to compare the effects of these different techn...

    Authors: Sana Afrash, Esmaeel Saemi, Anmin Gong and Mohammadreza Doustan
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:93
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  27. Eating disorders negatively influence athletes’ health and performance. To achieve a high level of performance and conform to cultural expectations regarding an athletic body type, female athletes often restri...

    Authors: Joanna Borowiec, Adrianna Banio-Krajnik, Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko and Adam Kantanista
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:91
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  28. Physical activity (PA) in school-aged children is imperative for physical and mental development. However, there has been reduced PA among children in recent years owing to environmental changes, resulting in ...

    Authors: Rikuya Hosokawa, Megumi Fujimoto and Toshiki Katsura
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:90
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  29. Ingestion of low-glycemic index (GI) isomaltulose (ISO) not only suppresses subsequent carbohydrate (CHO) oxidation but also inversely retains more CHO after prolonged endurance exercise. Therefore, ISO intake...

    Authors: Naoko Onuma, Daisuke Shindo, Eriko Matsuo, Miki Sakazaki, Yukie Nagai and Kentaro Yamanaka
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:89
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  30. Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is a form of musculoskeletal disease that can occur after a lateral ankle sprain, and it is characterized by pain, recurrent ankle sprains, a feeling of “giving way” at the ankl...

    Authors: Jingwang Tan, Jiatao Li, Jianbin Lei, Shuyi Lu, Yongjian Feng, Tao Ma, Lijiang Luan, Roger Adams, Yagang Song, Jia Han and Yu Zou
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:88
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  31. Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is diagnosed by the continuous laryngoscopy during exercise (CLE) test. Whether or how much CLE test scores vary over time is unknown. This study aimed to compare ...

    Authors: Tommie Irewall, Catharina Bäcklund, Estelle Naumburg, Marie Ryding and Nikolai Stenfors
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:87
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  32. Foot strike pattern (FSP) is defined by the way the foot makes initial ground contact and is influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. This study investigated the effect of running speed on asymmetries of...

    Authors: Stanislav Dimitri Siegel, Joel Mason, Daniel Hamacher, Anna Lina Rahlf and Astrid Zech
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:86
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  33. The main aim of this paper is to present the feasibility of rigorously designed multiple N-of-1 design in prosthetics research. While research of adequate power and high quality is often lacking in rehabilitat...

    Authors: Rémi Klotz, Guilhem Emile, Jean-Christophe Daviet, Mathieu De Sèze, Julien Godet, Renaud Urbinelli and Agata Krasny-Pacini
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:85
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  34. Wheelchair basketball is an adaptation of pedestrian basketball and one of the most popular Paralympic sports worldwide. The epidemiology of health problems in wheelchair basketball has been prospectively stud...

    Authors: Moritz Weith, Astrid Junge, Tim Rolvien, Sascha Kluge and Karsten Hollander
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:84
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  35. Heat stress during aerobic exercise training may offer an additional stimulus to improve cardiovascular function and performance in a cool-temperate environment. However, there is a paucity of information on t...

    Authors: Alexs A. Matias, Isabelle F. Albin, Leah Glickman, Peter A. Califano, Justin M. Faller, Gwenael Layec and Stephen J. Ives
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:83
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  36. The positive effects of Pilates and slow-controlled breathing exercises on health are examined in different studies. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of 10-week equipment-based Pilates, ...

    Authors: Songül Adıgüzel, Dicle Aras, Mehmet Gülü, Monira I. Aldhahi, Abdulfattah S. Alqahtani and Sameer Badri AL-Mhanna
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:82
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  37. Groin pain is a common pathology among athletes, presenting pain and a reduced range of motion (ROM) as clinical characteristics. Passive physical therapy (PPT) and exercise therapy (ET) interventions are chos...

    Authors: Silvia Lahuerta-Martín, Román Robles-Pérez, Ignacio Hernando-Garijo, Sandra Jiménez-del-Barrio, Héctor Hernández-Lázaro, María Teresa Mingo-Gómez and Luis Ceballos-Laita
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:81
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  38. Performance in jumping and change of direction tests are good proxies to reflect the skill level during soccer-specific actions. Greater inter-leg asymmetries have been identified as a risk factor for developi...

    Authors: Alberto Roso-Moliner, Demetrio Lozano, Hadi Nobari, Chris Bishop, Antonio Carton-Llorente and Elena Mainer-Pardos
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:80
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  39. The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic restricts rapid implementation of in-person delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) at the center for coronary artery disease (CAD) patients undergoing percutaneo...

    Authors: Junjie Gu, Xiaoshan Tong, Shasha Meng, Shuhui Xu and Jinyan Huang
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:79
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  40. The shoulder joint is the joint with the most dislocations in all joints. The arthroscopic surgery method is considered the gold standard because it creates less soft tissue damage, shorter hospitalization and...

    Authors: Kamil Yamak, Onur Cetin and Omer Aydemir
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:78
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  41. The literature reports a vast amount of epidemiological information on injuries in volleyball athletes. However, little is known about the incidence of injuries in elite athletes of international level partici...

    Authors: Alessandro Haupenthal, Thainá Bufon, Matheus Cardoso dos Santos, Luiza Marx Matte, Elisa Dell’Antonio, Felipe Malzac Franco, Ney Coutinho Pecegueiro do Amaral, Lucas dos Santos Costa and Guilherme S. Nunes
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:77
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  42. It is important that easy-to-use measures like subjective questions about physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour are valid and reliable providing accurate measures, when they are used in health promoti...

    Authors: Lisbeth M. Johansson, Hans Lingfors, Marie Golsäter, Bo Rolander and Eleonor I. Fransson
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:76
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  43. Dynamic knee valgus (DKV) is a multi-planar faulty movement pattern that can cause faulty postural control. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the differences in postural sway (PS) between i...

    Authors: Kimia Karimi, Foad Seidi, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Mohammad Alghosi and Nafiseh Homaie Morad
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:75
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  44. Diastolic dysfunction (DD) is a risk factor for cardiovascular events in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgeries. Investigators aimed to assess the effect of physical activity level on the diastolic function...

    Authors: Ali Ashraf, Siamak Rimaz, Abbas Seddighinejad, Amin karimi, Afagh Hassanzadeh-Rad, Mahboobeh Gholipour, Mahsa Motiei, Mohammad Ali Yazdanipour and Sheida Rimaz
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:74
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  45. Good nutrition knowledge and nutrient intake have been regarded as significant determinants in enhancing athletes’ performance and overall health status. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and pra...

    Authors: Madhu Thapa, Arjun Neupane, Sailendra Kumar Duwal Shrestha, Prabin Nepal, Atul Upadhyaya, Pratik Niraula, Ram Kumar Shrestha and Dev Ram Sunuwar
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:73
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  46. The hamstrings are an important muscle group that contribute to horizontal force during sprint acceleration and are also the most injured muscle group in running-based sports. Given the significant time loss a...

    Authors: Scott K. Crawford, Jack Hickey, Jessica Vlisides, Jennifer S. Chambers, Samuel J. Mosiman and Bryan C. Heiderscheit
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:72
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  47. Aikido is a martial art comprises of locking techniques and falls. During the locking techniques, the elbow joint is forced into extended position. Moreover, the elbow hits the ground during the falling techni...

    Authors: Rezvan Mirsalari, Amin Kordi Yoosefinejad, Farzaneh Yazdani, Farzaneh Haghighat, Ali Asghar Amiripanah and Saeid Parandavarfard
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:71
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  48. Authors: Matthew C. Hoch, Jay Hertel, Phillip A. Gribble, Nicholas R. Heebner, Johanna M. Hoch, Kyle B. Kosik, Doug Long, Pinata H. Sessoms, Amy Silder, Danielle M. Torp, Katherine L. Thompson and John J. Fraser
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:70
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    The original article was published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:54

  49. Regular physical activity and exercise have been shown to be of benefit in managing the HIV disease, its complications and the side effects of HAART. The perceptions of those living with HIV toward physical ac...

    Authors: Farayi Kaseke, Precious R Pamire, Tecla Mlambo and Clement Nhunzvi
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:69
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  50. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is an important tool to measure the cardiopulmonary fitness of an individual and has been widely used in athletic, clinical and research settings. Most CPET focus on ana...

    Authors: Zi Xiang Lim, Bibek Gyanwali, Janjira Soh, Angela S. Koh and Jorming Goh
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2023 15:68
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