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  • 11Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; 2Research Center in Sport Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, CIDESD, Vila Real, Portugal; 3National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; 4Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarre, Navarre, Spain; 5University Institute of Maia, ISMAI, Maia, Portugal; and 6Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Coimbra, Portugal.

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