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Reliability, interrelationships, and minimal detectable changes in strength and power metrics among well-trained rugby sevens players

Jad Adrian Washif
1
,
Kim Hébert-Losier
2
,
Nicholas Gill
2, 3
,
Mazwan Zainuddin
1
,
Nur Sulastri Nasruddin
1
,
Ahmad Zawawi Zakaria
1
,
Christopher Martyn Beaven
2

1.
Sports Performance Division, Institut Sukan Negara Malaysia (National Sports Institute of Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2.
Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Science, Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand
3.
All Blacks, New Zealand Rugby, New Zealand
Biol Sport. 2024; 41(3):231–241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.133000
Online publish date: 2024/02/08
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