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Infographic. COFIT-19: let’s get moving through the COVID-19 pandemic!
  1. Jane Fitzpatrick1,2,
  2. Adam Castricum3,
  3. Hugh Seward4,
  4. Louise Tulloh3,5,
  5. Elizabeth Dawson6
  1. 1 Centre for Health and Exercise Sports Medicine, The University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  2. 2 Research Committee, Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  3. 3 Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  4. 4 Newtown Medical Centre, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  5. 5 North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia
  6. 6 Exercise and Sports Science Australia, Ascot, Queensland, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Jane Fitzpatrick, Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, Melbourne, VC 3010, Australia; jane.fitzpatrick{at}unimelb.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102661

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    • Contributors JF, AC, HS and LT contributed to the study design, all authors contributed to the graphic input. All authors made substantial contributions to the drafting and revising of the work and gave final approval of the version published. The authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

    • Funding Funding for this project was provided by the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

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