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The present study reports the results of using the biopsy technique with members of the Canadian Wheelchair International Team. The results demonstrate that these athletes possess muscles with larger fibre areas than seen in Olympic athletes.
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Supported in part by a grant from the Canadian Association for Sport for the Physically Disabled, Ottawa, and Fonds de Soutien, University of Montreal.
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Taylor, A., McDonnell, E., Royer, D. et al. Skeletal muscle analysis of wheelchair athletes. Spinal Cord 17, 456–460 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1979.89
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