Perceived exertion in fatiguing illness: Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue syndrome

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 569-574

  Cook, Dane B ^a,b   Nagelkirk, Paul R ^a,b   Peckerman, Arnold ^a,b   Poluri, Ashok ^b   Lamanca, John J ^b,c   Natelson, Benjamin H ^a,b  

^a VA NJ Health Care   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle ergometry; Exercise; Psychophysics; RPE; Unexplained illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; WARMING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; VETERANS;

EID: 0037387336     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000058438.25278.33     Document Type: Article

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