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  1. Physiology Unit, Department of Systems Biology, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Ctra. Barcelona, Km 33,600, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

    Pedro L. Valenzuela

  2. Department of Sport and Health, Spanish Agency for Health Protection in Sport (AEPSAD), Madrid, Spain

    Pedro L. Valenzuela, Guillermo Sánchez-Martínez, Elaia Torrontegi, Javier Vázquez-Carrión & Zigor Montalvo

  3. Faculty of Sports Sciences, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Alejandro Lucia

  4. Research Institute ‘i+12’, Madrid, Spain

    Alejandro Lucia

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Pedro Valenzuela is supported by a predoctoral contract granted by the University of Alcalá (FPI2016). No specific sources of funding were used to assist in the preparation of this letter.

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Pedro Valenzuela, Guillermo Sánchez-Martínez, Elaia Torrontegi, Javier Vázquez-Carrión, Zigor Montalvo and Alejandro Lucia declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this letter.

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Valenzuela, P.L., Sánchez-Martínez, G., Torrontegi, E. et al. Comment on: “Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Properties by Radial Displacement: The Case for Tensiomyography”. Sports Med 49, 973–975 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-018-0989-y

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