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Elliott-Sale, Kirsty J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1122-5099
Burden, Richard J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2811-5454
Ackerman, Kathryn E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2626-7785
Burke, Louise M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-5637
Constantini, Naama https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5480-0180
Hackney, Anthony C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6607-1472
Harris, Rachel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1955-894X
Impellizzeri, Franco M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-2573
de Jonge, Xanne A. K. Janse https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3657-5298
Lebrun, Constance M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7408-4521
Minahan, Clare
Nimphius, Sophia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-0245
Phillips, Stuart M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1956-4098
Sipilä, Sarianna https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5934-7728
Strauss, Juliette A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-2494
Swinton, Paul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9663-0696
Sale, Craig https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5816-4169
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Accepted: 11 April 2026
First Online: 10 May 2026
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: No funding was received for the preparation of this article.
: The content of this Current Opinion is presented clearly, honestly and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. All authors declare that they have no professional relationships with companies or manufacturers who will benefit from the contents of this Current Opinion. In the interest of transparency, Richard J. Burden was formerly a paid consultant to Mint Diagnostics, a diagnostics technology company that is no longer trading. Kirsty J. Elliott-Sale is an Editorial Board member of Sports Medicine . Kirsty J. Elliott-Sale was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions.
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: All authors wrote, reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
: Our author team consists of 11 female and six male authors: representing senior researchers, clinicians and practitioners from elite international, professional and Olympic sports, from six countries and three continents. The senior corresponding author is female.
