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  1. Occupational Medicine Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, 01760, USA

    Joseph Knapik, Bruce H. Jones, Connie L. Bauman & John McA. Harris

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    Joseph Knapik, Bruce H. Jones, Connie L. Bauman & John McA. Harris

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Knapik, J., Jones, B.H., Bauman, C.L. et al. Strength, Flexibility and Athletic Injuries. Sports Medicine 14, 277–288 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-199214050-00001

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