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. 2000 Feb;34(1):67–68. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.34.1.67

Redefining the overtraining syndrome as the unexplained underperformance syndrome

R Budgett 1, E Newsholme 1, M Lehmann 1, C Sharp 1, D Jones 1, T Jones 1, T Peto 1, D Collins 1, R Nerurkar 1, P White 1
PMCID: PMC1724136  PMID: 10690455

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