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Altini, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5981-4066
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Ferrer, Eva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9716-1577
Flood, Tessa Rose https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-0957
Harris, Rachel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1955-894X
Impellizzeri, Franco Milko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-2573
de Jonge, Xanne Janse https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3657-5298
Kryger, Katrine Okholm https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0924-6181
Lewin, Gary
Lebrun, Constance M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7408-4521
McCall, Alan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-8153
Nimphius, Sophia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-0245
Phillips, Stuart M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1956-4098
Swinton, Paul A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9663-0696
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Article History
Accepted: 10 February 2025
First Online: 14 March 2025
Declarations
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: The contents of this Current Opinion are presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation. KJES, MA, PKDB, EF, TF, RH, FMI, XJDJ, KOK, GL, CL, AMC, SN, SMP, PS, MYT and EV have no professional relationships with companies or manufacturers who will benefit from the contents of this Current Opinion. RJB also has no current professional relationships with companies or manufacturers who will benefit from the contents of this Current Opinion. In the interest of transparency, RJB was formerly a paid consultant to Mint Diagnostics, a diagnostics technology company that is no longer trading. All authors have confirmed that they have fully considered and complied with the journal’s policies on competing/conflicts of interests. KJES is an Editorial Board member of Sports Medicine but was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for this manuscript or any of the subsequent editorial decisions.
: No funding was received to assist with the preparation of this article.
: All authors contributed to the writing of this paper. In addition, all authors have reviewed and approved the final manuscript. KJES and RJB had the idea for the manuscript and drafted the initial framework for the paper. MYT drafted the figures. MA, TF, PKDB, XJDJ, SMP, MYT, and EV provided physiological content. CL and RH provided clinical content. KOK, GL, AMC, and RJB provided applied content. FMI, SN, and PS provided methodological content.
: Our author team consists of ten female and eight male authors, representing early-career, mid-career, and senior-researchers, clinicians, and practitioners from elite international, professional, and Olympic sports, from seven countries and three continents. The senior corresponding author is a woman.