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Using technology to measure daily and weekly movement patterns in exercise medicine patients
  1. John W Orchard
  1. Correspondence to Professor John Orchard, School of Public Health, Sports Clinic, University of Sydney, Western Avenue & Physics Road, Sydney 2006, Australia; john.orchard{at}sydney.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096736

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.