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Correction: Synergistic muscle coordination of the Paralympic wheelchair tennis champion
Nadaka Hakariya1,2, Takuya Murakami1, Keiichi Ishikawa1,3
1Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
|June 29, 2026
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1717457.].
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