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Professional Theoretical Article

No pain, no gain: The military overtraining hypothesis of musculoskeletal stress and injury

, MEd, CSCSORCID Icon & , PhD
Pages 2289-2299 | Received 25 Jun 2021, Accepted 21 May 2022, Published online: 13 Jun 2022

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