Validity of PCERT and OMNI walk/run ratings of perceived exertion

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1014-1019

  Roemmich, James N ^a,b   Barkley, Jacob E ^a   Epstein, Leonard H ^a,b   Lobarinas, Christina L ^a   White, Tressa M ^a   Foster, Jamee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Heart rate; Oxygen consumption; Treadmill exercise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PICTORIAL CHILDREN EFFORT RATING TABLE; RATING SCALE; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEW YORK; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 33646502579     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000218123.81079.49     Document Type: Article

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