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01-01-2021 | Letter to the Editor

Reply to: Comment on: “The Case for Retiring Flexibility as a Major Component of Physical Fitness”

Author: James L. Nuzzo

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 1/2021

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Title: Reply to: Comment on: “The Case for Retiring Flexibility as a Major Component of Physical Fitness”
Author: James L. Nuzzo
Publication date: 01-01-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Sports Medicine / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01358-w

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