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Comment
. 2020 Aug;50(8):1417-1419.
doi: 10.1007/s40279-020-01297-6.

Impact of Potential Physiological Changes due to COVID-19 Home Confinement on Athlete Health Protection in Elite Sports: a Call for Awareness in Sports Programming

F Sarto  1 , F M Impellizzeri  2 , J Spörri  3 , S Porcelli  4   5 , J Olmo  6 , B Requena  6 , L Suarez-Arrones  7 , A Arundale  8 , J Bilsborough  9 , M Buchheit  10 , J Clubb  11 , A Coutts  2 , D Nabhan  12 , L Torres-Ronda  13 , A Mendez-Villanueva  14 , I Mujika  15   16 , N A Maffiuletti  17 , M V Franchi  18
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Impact of Potential Physiological Changes due to COVID-19 Home Confinement on Athlete Health Protection in Elite Sports: a Call for Awareness in Sports Programming

F Sarto et al. Sports Med. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Detraining; Elite athletes; Injury prevention; Injury risk; Skeletal muscle.

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