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The correlation between the health-related fitness of healthy participants measured at home as opposed to fitness measured by sport scientists in a laboratory

CC GrantDepartment of Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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DC Janse van RensburgDepartment of Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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MS PepperDepartment of Immunology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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PJ du ToitDepartment of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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PS WoodDepartment of Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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J KerDepartment of Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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PE KrügerInstitute for Sport Research, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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CW GrobbelaarDepartment of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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K NolteDepartment of Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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F FletcherDepartment of Statistics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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TC GrantDepartment of Sports Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Pages 235-239 | Received 01 Aug 2013, Accepted 03 Oct 2013, Published online: 13 Dec 2014

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