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Author’s Reply to Paillard T: “Sport-Specific Balance Develops Specific Postural Skills”

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  1. Department of Sports Kinanthropology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Zemková, E. Author’s Reply to Paillard T: “Sport-Specific Balance Develops Specific Postural Skills”. Sports Med 44, 1021–1023 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-014-0175-9

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