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Great article!

I have been thinking about the idea of finding a minimal dose-response relationship for some time now and found the concept of 'critical slowing down' from complex systems theory, which would be super interesting when applied to measuring individual response.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/132/18001

The fact that every system transitioning from one state to another exhibit an increase in variability is a fascinating concept to consider, and I am just wondering whether it might be applicable within the context of human performance. I guess that finding data that provides the necessary resolution to detect these nuanced changes will be hard; however, there have been some attempts using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) to find long-term memory in sports data. I have personally played with some biomechanical data such as stride-to-stride variability and vertical oscillations, but I wonder if time-series variability could be a viable direction for establishing individual adaptation thresholds. It is clear that it is impossible to find global predictors; however, at the level of individual limiters, it might be interesting. I am curious to hear your thoughts on this.

Feel free to reach out, and thanks again for sharing your valuable insights.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mat%C4%9Bj-n-a74788b3/

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Thank you again !

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Thanks for reading Geoffrey!

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