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Variability in the Study Quality Appraisals Reported in Systematic Reviews on the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio and Injury Risk

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  1. School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

    Gregory C. S. MacMillan, Alan M. Batterham, Paul Chesterton, Matthew Weston & Greg Atkinson

  2. Football Exchange, Research Institute of Sport Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    Warren Gregson & Lorenzo Lolli

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MacMillan, G.C.S., Batterham, A.M., Chesterton, P. et al. Variability in the Study Quality Appraisals Reported in Systematic Reviews on the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio and Injury Risk. Sports Med 50, 2065–2067 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01333-5

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