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Biological maturity but not relative age biases exist in female international youth soccer players relative to the general population

Liam Sweeney
1
,
Tommy R Lundberg
2, 3
,
Cian Sweeney
4
,
Jack Hickey
1
,
Áine MacNamara
5

  1. Department of Sport Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
  2. Division of Clinical Physiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, ANA Futura, Karolinska Institutet, 14152 Huddinge, Sweden
  3. Unit of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
  4. School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
  5. School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
Biol Sport. 2025;42(2):249–256
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.144411
Online publish date: 2024/11/05
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