Sources of Strain Among Elite UK Track Athletes
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McKay is with the Dept. of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Niven is with the School of Life Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Lavallee is with the Dept. of Sport and Exercise, Aberstwyth University, Wales, UK. White (now deceased) was with the Dept. of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. APPLIED REsEARch
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