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Supporting Paralympic wheelchair sport performance through technological, physiological and environmental considerations

K. GriggsPeter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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V. Goosey-TolfreyPeter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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T. PaulsonPeter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Pages 295-296 | Published online: 25 Sep 2016

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