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Response to the letter to the Editor: Spirulina supplementation improves oxygen uptake in arm cycling exercise

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  1. School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom

    Tom Gurney & Owen Spendiff

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Response to the letter to the Editor: Spirulina supplementation improves oxygen uptake in arm cycling exercise. TG and OS designed and prepared the Response to the letter to the Editor. All authors wrote, read and approved the letter.

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Gurney, T., Spendiff, O. Response to the letter to the Editor: Spirulina supplementation improves oxygen uptake in arm cycling exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 121, 1515–1516 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-021-04648-x

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