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How many athletes are enough? Small-sample instability of reliability indices and the minimum sample size for a trustworthy minimal detectable change in two-trial sport field tests: a Monte Carlo study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-026-01987-0

Published Online: 2026-08-13

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Marangoz, İrfan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-529X
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Article History

Received: 14 June 2026

Accepted: 11 August 2026

First Online: 13 August 2026

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Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. This is a simulation study; it does not involve human participants, human data or human tissue.

Consent for publication: Not applicable. The manuscript contains no data from any individual person.

Clinical trial number: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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