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Original paper

Characterizing the most demanding passages of kinematic and mechanical activity in elite football: a multifactorial approach

Farzad Yousefian
1, 2
,
Abdullah Zafar
3
,
Dan Fransson
4
,
Magni Mohr
5, 6
,
João Brito
2
,
Bruno Travassos
1, 2

1.
Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
2.
Portugal Football School, Portuguese Football Federation, Oeiras, Portuga
3.
Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
4.
Center for Health and Performance, Department of Food and Nutrition and Sports Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
5.
Department of Sports Sciences and Clinical Biomechanics, SDU Sport and Health Science Cluster (SHSC), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
6.
Center of Health Science, Faculty of Health, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Biol Sport. 2024;41(4):41–50
Online publish date: 2024/03/17
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