Effects of tapering on performance in endurance athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Zhiqiang Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiqiang Wang, Yong “Tai” Wang, Weifeng Gao, Yaping Zhong

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sports Big-data Research Center, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, HuBei, China, Hubei Sports and Health Research Center, Wuhan, HuBei, China

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• Yong “Tai” Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiqiang Wang, Yong “Tai” Wang, Weifeng Gao, Yaping Zhong

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Health Sciences and Technology, New York, Rochester, United States of America

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• Weifeng Gao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiqiang Wang, Yong “Tai” Wang, Weifeng Gao, Yaping Zhong

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Sports Big-data Research Center, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, HuBei, China

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• Yaping Zhong

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhiqiang Wang, Yong “Tai” Wang, Weifeng Gao, Yaping Zhong

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhongyaping@whsu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Sports Big-data Research Center, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, HuBei, China, Hubei Sports and Health Research Center, Wuhan, HuBei, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3010-5001

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