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Sports injury includes research into a range of sports injuries, their prevention and treatment.

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A physical fitness–evaluation system for outstanding Chinese male boxers
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A comparison of the effects of two protocols of concurrent resistance and aerobic training on physical fitness in middle school students
Zhen Li, Teng Ding, Yanan Gao, Xiaowei Han, Yang Liu, Zhixiong Zhou
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The effect of flywheel complex training with eccentric-overload on muscular adaptation in elite female volleyball players
Jiaoqin Wang, Qiang Zhang, Wenhui Chen, Honghao Fu, Ming Zhang, Yongzhao Fan
Changes in hamstring contractile properties during the competitive season in young football players
Paweł Pakosz, Mariusz Konieczny, Przemysław Domaszewski, Tomasz Dybek, Mariusz Gnoiński, Elżbieta Skorupska

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Changes in hamstring contractile properties during the competitive season in young football players
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