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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Spaulding National Running Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    José Roberto de Souza Júnior, Logan Walter Gaudette & Adam S. Tenforde

  2. Graduate Program of Sciences and Technologies in Health, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil

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de Souza Júnior, J.R., Gaudette, L.W. & Tenforde, A.S. Comment on “Running‑Related Biomechanical Risk Factors for Overuse Injuries in Distance Runners: A Systematic Review Considering Injury Specificity and the Potentials for Future Research”. Sports Med 53, 1103–1105 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01809-0

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