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Combining sport and conventional military training provides superior improvements in physical test performance

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Combining sport and conventional military training provides superior improvements in physical test performance. / Havenetidis, Konstantinos; Bissas, Athanassios; Monastiriotis, Nikolaos et al.
In: International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, Vol. 18, No. 5, 01.10.2023, p. 1567-1576.

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Havenetidis, K, Bissas, A, Monastiriotis, N, Nicholson, G, Walker, J, Bampouras, TM & Dinsdale, AJ 2023, 'Combining sport and conventional military training provides superior improvements in physical test performance', International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 1567-1576. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221116959

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Havenetidis, K., Bissas, A., Monastiriotis, N., Nicholson, G., Walker, J., Bampouras, T. M., & Dinsdale, A. J. (2023). Combining sport and conventional military training provides superior improvements in physical test performance. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 18(5), 1567-1576. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221116959

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Havenetidis K, Bissas A, Monastiriotis N, Nicholson G, Walker J, Bampouras TM et al. Combining sport and conventional military training provides superior improvements in physical test performance. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 2023 Oct 1;18(5):1567-1576. Epub 2022 Aug 11. doi: 10.1177/17479541221116959

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Havenetidis, Konstantinos ; Bissas, Athanassios ; Monastiriotis, Nikolaos et al. / Combining sport and conventional military training provides superior improvements in physical test performance. In: International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 2023 ; Vol. 18, No. 5. pp. 1567-1576.

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