**Author details**

Eric J. Stöhr1,2\* and T. Jake Samuel3

1 School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK

2 Division of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure Program, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, USA

3 Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: estohr@cardiffmet.ac.uk; ejs2212@cumc.columbia.edu

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