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Authors’ Reply to Cross et al.: Comment on: “The Effectiveness of Resisted Sled Training (RST) for Sprint Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”

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  1. UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Pedro E. Alcaraz, Jorge Carlos-Vivas & Bruno O. Oponjuru

  2. Faculty of Sport Sciences, UCAM, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Pedro E. Alcaraz

  3. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

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Alcaraz, P.E., Carlos-Vivas, J., Oponjuru, B.O. et al. Authors’ Reply to Cross et al.: Comment on: “The Effectiveness of Resisted Sled Training (RST) for Sprint Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”. Sports Med 49, 353–356 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-018-01037-x

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