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di Prampero, P.E., Osgnach, C., Morin, JB. et al. Reply to Ettema letter: “Incorporating internal work leads to overestimations of total work in sprint running”. Eur J Appl Physiol 124, 677–678 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-05409-8
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