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Do all matches require the same effort? Influence of contextual factors on physical demands during official female handball competitions

Carlos García-Sánchez
1
,
Rafael Manuel Navarro
2
,
Daniel Mon-López
1
,
Raúl Nieto-Acevedo
1
,
Enrique Cañadas-García
,
Alfonso de la Rubia
1

  1. Deporte y Entrenamiento Research Group, Departamento de Deportes, Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
  2. Department of Sports Sciences, European University of Madrid; 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain
Biol Sport. 2024;41(4):145–154
Online publish date: 2024/04/25
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