Revision of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q).

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Published in Can J Sport Sci on December 01, 1992

Authors

S Thomas1, J Reading, R J Shephard

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Univ. of Toronto, Ontario.

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