“I am fatigued of being stigmatized”: On the need to investigate stigma-related barriers to physical activity | Movement & Sport Sciences

Psychophysiological aspects of motor performance / Aspects psychophysiologiques de la performance motrice

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Issue		Mov Sport Sci/Sci Mot Number 120, 2023 Psychophysiological aspects of motor performance / Aspects psychophysiologiques de la performance motrice


Page(s)		33 - 40
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/sm/2022028
Published online		08 March 2023

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