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Journal of Sports Sciences Volume 26, 2008 - Issue sup3: The influence of fasting during Ramadan on physiological and performance variables in football players: The F-MARC study during Ramadan 2006
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Influence of Ramadan fasting on physiological and performance variables in football players: Summary of the F-MARC 2006 Ramadan fasting study

Yacine Zerguini Centre d'Evaluation et d'Expertise en Medecine du Sport, Algiers, Algeria
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Prof Jiri Dvorak Schulthess Clinic and FIFA–Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ronald J. Maughan School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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John B. Leiper School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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Zakia Bartagi National Center for Medicine and Scientific Research in Sport, Tunis, Tunisia
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Donald T. Kirkendall Schulthess Clinic and FIFA–Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), Zurich, Switzerland
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Masoud Al-Riyami Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Unit, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Astrid Junge Schulthess Clinic and FIFA–Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), Zurich, Switzerland
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Pages S3-S6 | Published online: 26 Mar 2009

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