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Infographic. Unravelling confusion in sports medicine and science practice: a systematic approach
  1. Clare L Ardern1,2,
  2. Gregory Dupont3,4,
  3. Franco M Impellizzeri5,
  4. Gary O’Driscoll6,
  5. Guus Reurink7,
  6. Colin Lewin6,
  7. Alan McCall3,6
  1. 1 Division of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
  2. 2 School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  3. 3 Edinburgh Napier University, School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh, UK
  4. 4 Fédération Française de Football (FFF), Paris, France
  5. 5 Sport and Exercise Discipline Group, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  6. 6 Arsenal Football Club, Performance and Research Team, London, UK
  7. 7 The Sports Physician Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Dr Clare L Ardern, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia; c.ardern{at}latrobe.edu.au, clare.ardern{at}liu.se

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-100302

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    • Contributors All authors contributed. AMC and GO’D prepared the short manuscript. Other authors agreed on the content of this short manuscript to be linked to the infographic of the main paper.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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