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Extremely short-duration high-intensity training substantially improves the physical function and self-reported
Simon B Adamson1, Ross Lorimer, James N Cobley
1Division of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, UK.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|July 22, 2014
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