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CORRESPONDENCE
Author response: Unfounded criticisms
  1. Chris G Maher1,
  2. Mark J Hancock2,
  3. Daniel Steffens1
  1. 1Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  2. 2Department of Discipline of Physiotherapy, Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chris G Maher, Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia; cmaher{at}george.org.au

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096467

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