Footnotes

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• Contributors MW and AW came up with the idea for conducting living systematic reviews in sport and exercise medicine. AW drafted the first version of the editorial. All authors provided feedback and gave important intellectual input. All authors read and consented to the content of the article.

• 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.

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