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Michael J Ormsbee1, John P Thyfault, Emily A Johnson

  • 1Human Performance Laboratory, Dept. of Exercise and Sport Science, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
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