Retraction notice to "Effects of preseason training on body composition, running performance, biochemical markers and workload variation in professional rugby union players" [Heliyon 9 (2023) e16250].

Xiaopan Hu, Noe Thierry Baba, Kilian Philippe, Danyang Jiang, Simon Boisbluche, Olivier Maurelli, Jacques Prioux

Abstract readRetraction Notice

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Article in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Retraction of
Effects of preseason training on body composition, running performance, biochemical markers and workload variation in professional rugby union players.2023

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xiaopan HuSino-French Joint Research Center of Sport Science, Key Laboratory of Adolescent Health Assessment and Exercise Intervention of Ministry of Education, College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China.

Noe Thierry BabaDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Limerick, V94 XD21 Limerick, Ireland.

Kilian PhilippeMovement, Sport, Health Laboratory, Rennes 2 University, 35170 Bruz, France.

Danyang JiangErsha Sports Training Center of Guangdong Province, 510105 Guangdong, China.

Simon BoisblucheRugby Club Vannes, French Rugby Federation, 56000 Vannes, France.

Olivier MaurelliMuscle Dynamics and Metabolism Laboratory, University of Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier, France.

Jacques PriouxSino-French Joint Research Center of Sport Science, Key Laboratory of Adolescent Health Assessment and Exercise Intervention of Ministry of Education, College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16250.].

Identifiers

PMID41216537

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43544

PMCPMC12434992

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