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Sport improves the physiological and psychological wellbeing of participants. It also promotes social and cultural cohesion and is characterised by an element of competition, regardless of the level of play.
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Budd, S.C., Egea, JC. (2017). Specifics of Physical Sports and Athletes: Different Types of Athletic Patients. In: Sport and Oral Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53423-7_3
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