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Avery D Faigenbaum1, Andrea Stracciolini2, James P MacDonald3,4
1Department of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USA faigenba@tcnj.edu.
British Journal of Sports Medicine
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