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  1. Lars Engebretsen1,2,
  2. Kathrin Steffen2
  1. 1IOC Medical Commission, Lausanne, Switzerland
  2. 2Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway
  1. Correspondence to Kathrin Steffen, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, PO 4014 Ullevål Stadion, Oslo 0806, Norway; kathrin.steffen{at}nih.no

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2010.077289

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