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. 2025 Jun 21;11(12):e43544. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43544

Retraction notice to "Effects of preseason training on body composition, running performance, biochemical markers and workload variation in professional rugby union players" [Heliyon 9 (2023) e16250]

Xiaopan Hu a,b,c,, Noe Thierry Baba d, Kilian Philippe b,c,e, Danyang Jiang f, Simon Boisbluche g, Olivier Maurelli h, Jacques Prioux a,b,c
PMCID: PMC12434992  PMID: 41216537

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on article withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal).

This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor.

A post-publication investigation conducted by the Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team on behalf of the journal could not confirm whether or not ethical approval was given for the research presented in this publication in line with the journal's policy. As it cannot be established whether the article complies with the journal's policies on ethical approval, the Editor has decided to retract the article.

The authors disagree with retraction and dispute the grounds for it.


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