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Response to Comment on: “Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness Post-COVID-19: A Narrative Review”

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, 4052, Basel, Switzerland

    Fabian Schwendinger, Raphael Knaier & Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

  2. Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Raphael Knaier

  3. Medical Chronobiology Program, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Raphael Knaier

  4. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Thomas Radtke

  5. Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

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FS wrote the response. RK, TR, and AST revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the response.

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Fabian Schwendinger, Raphael Knaier, Thomas Radtke, and Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this response.

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Schwendinger, F., Knaier, R., Radtke, T. et al. Response to Comment on: “Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness Post-COVID-19: A Narrative Review”. Sports Med 53, 2531–2532 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01922-0

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