Medical Professional Profile Summaries

Jeff S Coombes, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 1; the study's most senior author (Professor).
Affiliation: Professor, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland; Director of the School.
Note: Fellow of Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
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Jonathan M Peake, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 1 (final-listed author).
Affiliation: Queensland University of Technology and the Queensland Academy of Sport (SPIKE program), Brisbane.
Note: Long research focus on exercise recovery science, including muscle damage, inflammation, and recovery strategies.
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Llion A Roberts, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 1.
Affiliation: Griffith University (Gold Coast), The University of Queensland, and the Queensland Academy of Sport.
Note: Built his publication record around post-exercise recovery physiology, including cold water immersion and muscle recovery.
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Arrigo Giombini, MD

Role in study: First author of Study 2.
Affiliation: Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico"; specialist in sports medicine (Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Italian National Olympic Committee / CONI, Rome).
Note: Leading Italian researcher in physical therapies for sports injuries; hyperthermia/diathermy trial line since 1991.
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Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, FRCS(Orth)

Role in study: Co-author of Study 2 (final-listed, most senior author).
Affiliation: Professor of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.
Note: One of the most-published orthopaedic surgeons in the world: 2,574 indexed works, over 96,000 citations, h-index 142 (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-03).
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Hisashi Naito, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 2 (second-to-last listed).
Affiliation: Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan.
Note: Long research focus on heat stress and skeletal muscle, including heat-shock-protein responses to microwave hyperthermia; 520 indexed works, h-index 44 (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-03).
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Noriko Ichinoseki-Sekine, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 2.
Affiliation: Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan; Juntendo University Graduate School of Health and Sports Science.
Note: Skeletal muscle physiology: heat-shock proteins and heat stress, muscle fiber composition genetics, blood flow restriction training.
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Annalisa Di Cesare, MD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 2.
Affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sapienza University of Rome; sports-medicine physiatrist in the CONI Institute of Sports Medicine and Science / Foro Italico orbit.
Note: Sports-medicine physiatrist in the CONI Institute of Sports Medicine and Science / Foro Italico orbit; hyperthermia/diathermy clinical trials and whole-body vibration training in athletes across a co-authorship spanning 2001-2016; record h-index 15, 917 citations (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-03).
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Kenneth L. Knight, PhD, ATC, FACSM

Role in study: Co-author of Study 3 (third-listed author).
Affiliation: Athletic training researcher; Brigham Young University affiliation on his 2002-era papers.
Note: Co-author (with David O. Draper) of the textbook "Therapeutic Modalities" (editions 2006-2012).
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David O. Draper, EdD, ATC, LAT

Role in study: Co-author of Study 3 (second-listed author).
Affiliation: Professor of Athletic Training, Brigham Young University; earned the EdD (1984) from Virginia Tech.
Note: Muscle temperature response to therapeutic ultrasound and diathermy; co-author (with Kenneth L. Knight) of the textbook "Therapeutic Modalities" (editions 2006-2012).
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Mark D. Ricard, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 3 (final-listed author).
Affiliation: Kinesiology and biomechanics: Brigham Young University (2000-2002), Western Michigan University (circa 2005), The University of Texas at Arlington (2006-present).
Note: Ankle taping and bracing, inversion injuries, electromyography, muscle perfusion; 72 works, h-index 31 (OpenAlex).
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Trevor C. Chen, PhD

Role in study: First author of Study 4; leads the research group that carried out the far-infrared radiation lamp studies.
Affiliation: Professor, Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University; leads research on eccentric exercise and muscle damage.
Note: h-index 31, 108 publications, more than 3,200 citations; has co-authored 70 publications with Kazunori Nosaka (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-04).
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Kazunori Nosaka, PhD

Role in study: Final-listed author of Study 4.
Affiliation: Professor, Centre for Human Performance, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia; collaborates with the National Taiwan Normal University group on muscle damage protection and recovery.
Note: One of the most-cited researchers on eccentric exercise, muscle damage, and recovery: h-index 81, 574 publications, more than 22,000 citations (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-04).
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Vincent Kam Wai Wong, PhD

Role in study: Corresponding author of Study 5; leader of the Dr. Neher's Biophysics Laboratory group that produced the review.
Affiliation: Professor, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao.
Note: 264 publications attracting more than 15,200 citations, with an h-index of 46 (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-05); published work covers natural-product pharmacology, autophagy, and calcium signaling.
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Io Nam Wong, Associate Professor

Role in study: Co-author of Study 5.
Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao.
Note: 40 publications attracting more than 350 citations, with an h-index of 13 (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-05); published work covers medical artificial intelligence, dietary polysaccharide immunomodulation, and genome-stability biology.
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David J. Wyper, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 7.
Affiliation: SINAPSE, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Note: Career-long record of 69 PubMed publications (1969-2016): clinical physics and bio-engineering in Glasgow, then neuro-imaging and SPECT research. PhD, University of Glasgow, 1972.
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Toshio Mikami, Associate Professor

Role in study: Co-author of Study 8.
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, from 1988; Department of Health and Sport Science.
Note: Exercise physiology and oxidative stress researcher: urate/allantoin exercise markers, endurance-training liver enzymes, molecular hydrogen, the exercise-cognition series, and hyperthermia preconditioning (PubMed record 1991-2026).
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Feng Zhang, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 9.
Affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery / Microsurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS; microsurgery and burn reconstruction career with the JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Note: PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center; 170 co-authored records with William C. Lineaweaver across the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center (2022), Burn and Reconstruction Centers of America Augusta (2024), and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Plastic Surgery (2025-2026).
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William C. Lineaweaver, MD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 9.
Affiliation: Professor of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center affiliation on 32 PubMed records including the study.
Note: Career-long record of 413 PubMed publications (1985-2026) in plastic surgery, microsurgery, and burn reconstruction -- a single research class.
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Jian Zhang, MD

Role in study: Corresponding author of Study 9.
Affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai (now Department of Rehabilitation Medicine on the 2021-2026 records).
Note: Physician, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai; corresponding author of Study 9 and principal investigator across a 9-record research program with Tengfei Fu (2019-2026) on nerve and musculoskeletal regeneration.
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Tengfei Fu, MD

Role in study: First author of Study 9.
Affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai (now Department of Rehabilitation Medicine on the 2021-2026 records).
Note: Physician, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai; first author of Study 9 and co-author on every record of the 9-record research program with Jian Zhang (2019-2026).
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Michael Stephen Laymon, DSc

Role in study: Co-author of Study 10.
Affiliation: Professor and Director of Clinical Research, Human Performance Laboratory, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV; also Director of the School of Physical Therapy, Touro University Nevada.
Note: BS, MPT, DPT, and DSc from Loma Linda University; 33 PubMed records with Jerrold Petrofsky (2000-2024) across exercise physiology, thermal modalities, gait, ACL elasticity, postural sway, and plantar fascia research.
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Jerrold S. Petrofsky, Professor

Role in study: Co-author of Study 10.
Affiliation: Professor of Physical Therapy, Loma Linda University; Director of Research, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV (2016).
Note: Professor of Physical Therapy, Loma Linda University, and Director of Research, Touro University Nevada; author of "Isometric exercise and its clinical implications" (1982) and "Mechanics of skeletal and cardiac muscle" (1983).
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Haneul Lee, Distinguished Clinical Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 10.
Affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Loma Linda University (records 2010-2015), then Department of Physical Therapy, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea (records 2017 onward); corresponding author of her team's records.
Note: Corresponding author on her Gachon University institutional e-mail; every one of her 24 PubMed records is co-authored with Jerrold Petrofsky, and her clinical physical therapy career spans Loma Linda University (2010-2015) and Gachon University (2017 onward).
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Jongeun Yim, DSc

Role in study: Co-author of Study 10.
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, South Korea (since 2012); corresponding author of Study 10.
Note: Doctor of Science, Loma Linda University (2008-2012); MS and BS, Sahmyook University; Bachelor of Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (all ORCID education records).
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J. Brent Feland, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 11.
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University (ORCID employment record, start 1999-09).
Note: PhD in Exercise Science/Wellness, Brigham Young University (1996-1999); Master of Science in Physical Therapy, Texas Woman's University (1993-1995).
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Shane S. Schulthies, Assistant Professor; Director of Pre-Physical Therapy

Role in study: Co-author of Study 11.
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Director of Pre-Physical Therapy, Brigham Young University (1995).
Note: Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Director of Pre-Physical Therapy at Brigham Young University (1995); 21-record BYU athletic-training and physical-education class, 1993-2006, including 11 records co-authored with David O. Draper.
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Dennis L. Eggett, PhD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 11 (statistician).
Affiliation: Brigham Young University statistics resource faculty (career 2002-2025).
Note: PhD, North Carolina State University (1983-1987); Brigham Young University statistics resource faculty (career 2002-2025), with 76 PubMed records, 65 of them Brigham Young-affiliated.
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Arash Babaei-Ghazani, MD

Role in study: First author of Study 12.
Affiliation: Associate Professor (ORCID employment record, from 2014), Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center / Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.
Note: MD with PM&R specialty at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and a musculoskeletal ultrasound and fluoroscopic guided spine interventions fellowship at the University of Montreal (2020-2021); substantive ORCID record with 42 works including Study 12.
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Tannaz Ahadi, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Role in study: Co-author of Study 12.
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences (2016); Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center.
Note: Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences (2016); 47-record single-class PM&R research program at the IUMS Firoozgar Hospital Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center (2010-2026) plus a 29-work ORCID record.
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Bijan Forough, MD

Role in study: Co-author of Study 12.
Affiliation: Iran University of Medical Sciences, Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center (Firoozgar Hospital), Tehran, career 2008-2026; PubMed indexes his career under both "Forough" (4 records, including Study 12) and "Forogh" (69 records) spellings -- one physician-researcher.
Note: Substantive ORCID record with 54 works matching his publications; PubMed indexes his career under the spellings Forough (including Study 12) and Forogh (69 records) -- one physician-researcher at the IUMS Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center since 2008.
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Ehsan Fallah, Distinguished Orthopaedic Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 12.
Affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran (records 2012-2025), with a Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences block (2022).
Note: Orthopaedic researcher at AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran (2012-2025) with a Joint Reconstruction Research Center block at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2022); 23 PubMed records spanning orthopaedic randomized trials, meta-analyses, and knee arthroplasty studies.
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Safoora Ebadi, Distinguished Physiotherapy Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 12.
Affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy / Rehabilitation School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (records 2011-2014), then Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences (records 2015-2021).
Note: Physiotherapy researcher across Tehran University of Medical Sciences (records 2011-2014) and the Neuromusculoskeletal Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences (records 2015-2021); 24 PubMed records spanning therapeutic ultrasound, low-back pain, lateral epicondylitis, and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation.
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Hongbin Lu, Chief/Professor of Sports Medicine

Role in study: Co-author of Study 13.
Affiliation: Chief and Professor, Department of Sports Medicine, Research Center of Sports Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha (since 1993).
Note: Chief and Professor of Sports Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, since 1993; substantive ORCID record with 58 in-domain works (LIPUS/tendon-bone/rotator cuff/spinal cord); PubMed indexes his career under the spellings Hongbin Lu (147 records) and Hong-Bin Lu (17 records) -- one continuous research program.
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Fei Liu, Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 13.
Affiliation: Department of Sports Medicine / ICMRS Sports Medicine Research Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha (records 2018-2020); attending physician, Radiology Department, Second Xiangya Hospital, since August 2017.
Note: Sports-medicine researcher at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (2018-2020), every record co-authored with Lu Hongbin; attending physician, Radiology Department, Second Xiangya Hospital, since August 2017.
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Can Chen, Distinguished Orthopaedic Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 13.
Affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha; sports-medicine research in PubMed, records 2015-2024.
Note: Sports-medicine and orthopaedics researcher at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (2015-2024), every record co-authored with Lu Hongbin on the scaffold/LIPUS/rotator-cuff line.
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Huabin Chen, Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 13.
Affiliation: Department of Sports Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha (records 2015-2025).
Note: Sports-medicine researcher at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (2015-2025): bone-tendon interface, rotator cuff healing, LIPUS, and enthesis repair, including first-authorship of a tendon-to-bone healing study.
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Tao Zhang, Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 13.
Affiliation: Department of Sports Medicine / ICMRS Sports Medicine Research Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha (records 2014-2026).
Note: Sports-medicine researcher at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (2014-2026): 46 records on rotator cuff, tendon-bone healing, LIPUS, and scaffolds, 43 of them co-authored with Lu Hongbin.
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Daqi Xu, Distinguished Sports Medicine Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 13.
Affiliation: Department of Sports Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha (records 2013-2025).
Note: Sports-medicine researcher at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (2013-2025): LIPUS tendon-bone healing, the patella-patellar tendon interface, rotator cuff, and ankle ligament reconstruction.
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Jianzhong Hu, Distinguished Spine and Sports Medicine Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 13.
Affiliation: Department of Spine Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, with a Sports Medicine co-program alongside the spine and spinal cord injury line (records 2009-2026).
Note: Spine and sports-medicine researcher at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (2009-2026): 133 records spanning spinal cord injury, rotator cuff and tendon-bone repair, LIPUS, facet joint work, scaffolds, and imaging methods -- the largest body of work in the study team.
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Tomasz Wolny, Distinguished Physiotherapy Researcher

Role in study: First author of Study 14.
Affiliation: Department of Kinesiotherapy and Special Physiotherapy Methods, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice (56 of 58 class records).
Note: Physiotherapy researcher at The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice (2010-2026): neuromuscular ultrasound, neurodynamic techniques, carpal tunnel syndrome, and cubital tunnel syndrome; ORCID record carrying 63 work groups matching his publications.
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Edward Saulicz, Distinguished Physiotherapy Educator

Role in study: Co-author of Study 14; team senior author (earliest record 2006).
Affiliation: The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice; one continuous physiotherapy program there 2006-2026 (hemiplegic gait biomechanics, pelvis asymmetry, neuromobilizations, scoliosis screening, back school, CTS).
Note: Physiotherapy researcher and educator at The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice (2006-2026): hemiplegic gait biomechanics, pelvic asymmetry, neuromobilizations, scoliosis screening, back school, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Pawel Linek, Distinguished Pediatric Physiotherapy Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 14; corresponding author per the PubMed record.
Affiliation: Department of Kinesiotherapy / Kinesitherapy and Special Methods in Physiotherapy, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice; corresponding author of Study 14.
Note: Pediatric physiotherapy researcher at The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice (2014-2026): back school programs, neuromuscular ultrasound, neurodynamic techniques, and nerve-related conditions; corresponding author of Study 14.
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Andrzej Mysliwiec, dr hab.

Role in study: Co-author of Study 14.
Affiliation: Deputy Director and University Professor, Institute of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice.
Note: Deputy Director and University Professor at the Institute of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences, AWF Katowice; doctor habilitated (dr hab.); substantive ORCID record with 87 works; 68-record research program spanning postural control, EMG, physiotherapy, and temporomandibular and craniofacial research.
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Mariola Saulicz, Distinguished Physiotherapy Researcher

Role in study: Co-author of Study 14 (final-listed author).
Affiliation: The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice (all 14 class records); 3 records also carry the Academy of Business in Dabrowa Gornicza (her Study 14 second affiliation).
Note: Physiotherapy researcher at The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (AWF), Katowice (2011-2026): health services for intellectually disabled people, back pain therapy, and posture; every record co-authored with at least one other member of the study team.
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