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Article History

Received: 1 August 2023

Accepted: 21 June 2024

First Online: 28 June 2024

Declarations

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: Informed consent was obtained from the parents, legal guardians, or next of kin for participating minors under the age of 16. The parents or legal guardians were fully informed about the nature of the study and their consent was obtained before any involvement of the minors in the research. The Human Ethics Research Committee approved this study of the Sport Sciences Research Institute of Iran according to compliance with the Ethical Standards in Research of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, with the code IR.SSRI.REC. 1401.1724, as well as operating under the Declaration of Helsinki. Furthermore, the trial protocol for this study retrospectively registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials on 2023-09-19 to comply with the journal’s policies, with the assigned approval number IRCT20230810059106N1. This ensures transparency and credibility in the research findings. Adhering to these registration requirements upholds the highest research ethics and transparency standards in our study.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.