An assessment of the validity and reliability of two perceived exertion rating scales among Hong Kong children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 3 PART 2, 2002, Pages 1047-1062

  Leung, Mee Lee ^b   Chung, Pak Kwong ^b   Leung, Raymond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CULTURE; EXERCISE; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037646599     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.3f.1047     Document Type: Article

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