Regulating exercise intensity using ratings of perceived exertion during arm and leg ergometry

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Kang, Jie ^a   Chaloupka, Edward C ^a   Mastrangelo, M Alysia ^a   Donnelly, M Scott ^a   Martz, William P ^a   Robertson, Robert J ^b  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise mode; Exercise prescription; Intensity; Perceptions of exertion

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; ERGOMETER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ARM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0031849160     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050414     Document Type: Article

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