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Sports Medicine and Biomechanics

Curved non-motorized treadmills do not biomechanically replicate overground running better than motorized treadmills

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Pages 1927-1933 | Received 05 Aug 2023, Accepted 09 Jan 2024, Published online: 23 Jan 2024

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