Validation of the OMNI scale of thermal sensations

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 773-783

  Goss, Fredric L ^a,b   Robertson, Robert J ^a   Gallagher Jr , Michael ^a   Haile, Luke ^a   Morley, Julia ^b   Suyama, Joe ^b   Hostler, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

HUMANS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84884167212     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/27.29.PMS.116.3.773-783     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. AYLING, J. H. (1986) Regional rates of sweat evaporation during leg and arm cycling. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 20, 35-37.
2. BENZINGER, T. H. (1961) The human thermostat. Scientific American, 24, 134-147.
3. CHEUNG, S. S. (2007) Neuropsychological determinants of exercise tolerance in the heat. In H. S. Sharma (Ed.), Progress in brain research. Vol. 162. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V. Pp. 45-60.
4. FRANK, S. M., RAJA, S. N., BULCAO, C. F., & GOLDSTEIN, D. S. (1999) Relative contribution of core and cutaneous temperatures to thermal comfort and autonomic responses in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology, 86(5), 1588-1593.
5. GAGGE, A. P., STOLWIJK, A. J., & SALTIN, B. (1969) Comfort and thermal sensations and associated physiological responses during exercise at various ambient temperature. Environmental Research, 2, 209-229.
6. GALLAGHER, M., Jr., ROBERTSON, R. J., GOSS, F. L., Nagle-Stilley, E. F., SCHAFER, M. A., SUYAMA, J., & HOSTLER, D. (2012) Development of a perceptual hyperthermia index to evaluate heat strain during treadmill exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 112(6), 2025-2034.
7. GANT, N., ATKINSON, G., & WILLIAMS, C. (2006) The validity and reliability of intestinal temperature during intermittent running. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 38(11), 1926-1931.
8. GIFT, A. G. (1989) Visual analogue scales: measurement of subjective phenomena. Nursing Research, 38(5), 286-288.
9. GREEN, B. G. (2004) Temperature perception and nociception. Retrieved from www.interscience.wiley.com, 13-29.
10. KOSCHEYEV, V. S., LEON, G. R., HUBEL, A., NELSON, E. D., & TRANCHIDA, D. (2000) Thermoregulation and heat exchange in a non-uniform thermal environment during simulated extended EVA. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 71, 579-585.
11. LEE, J. Y., STONE, E. A., WAKABAYASHI, M., & TOCHIHARA, Y. (2010) Issues in combining the categorical and visual analogue scale for the assessment of perceived thermal sensation: methodological and conceptual considerations. Applied Ergonomics, 41, 282-290.
12. LEON, G. R., KOSCHEYEV, V. S., & STONE, E. A. (2008) Visual analog scales for assessment of thermal perception in different environments. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, 79, 784-786.
13. MCCORMACK, H. M., HORNE, D. J., & SHEATHER, S. (1988) Clinical applications of visual analogue scales: a critical review. Psychological Medicine, 18, 1007-1019.
14. MCINTYRE, D. A. (1978) Seven point scales of warmth. Building Services Engineering, 45, 215-226.
15. NAKAMURA, F. Y., PERANDINI, L. A., OKUNO, N. M., BORGES, T. O., BERTUZZI, R. C., & ROBERTSON, R. J. (2009) Construct and concurrent validation of OMNI-Kayak Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 108(3), 744-758.
16. O'Brien, C., HOYT, R. W., BULLER, M. J., CASTELLANI, J. W., & YOUNG, A. J. (1998) Telemetry pill measurement of core temperature in humans during active heating and cooling. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 30(3), 468-472.
17. ROBERTSON, R. J. (2004) Perceived exertion for practitioners. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
18. ROBERTSON, R. J., GOSS, F. L., ANDREACCI, J. L., DUBÉ, J. J., RUTKOWSKI, J. J., SNEE, B. M., KOWALLIS, R. A., CRAWFORD, K., AARON, D. L., & METZ, K. F. (2005) Validation of the Children's OMNI RPE Scale for stepping exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 37(2), 290-298.
19. ROBERTSON, R. J., GOSS, F. L., DUBÉ, J., RUTKOWSKI, J., DUPAIN, M., BRENNAN, C., & ANDREACCI, J. (2004) Validation of the Adult OMNI Scale of Perceived Exertion for cycle ergometer exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 36(1), 102-108.
20. ROBERTSON, R. J., GOSS, F. L., RUTKOWSKI, J., LENZ, N., DIXON, C., TIMMER, J., FRAZEE, K., DUBE, J., & ANDREACCI, J. (2003) Concurrent validation of the OMNI Perceived Exertion Scale for resistance exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35(2), 333-341.
21. TIKUISIS, P., MCLELLAN, T. M., & SELKIRK, G. (2002) Perceptual versus physiological heat strain during exercise heat stress. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 34(9), 1454-1461.
22. UTTER, A. C., ROBERTSON, R. J., GREEN, J. M., SUMINSKI, R. R., MCANULTY, S. R., & NIEMAN, D. C. (2004) Validation of the Adult OMNI Scale of Perceived Exertion for walking/ running exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 36(10), 1776-1780.
23. WEWERS, M. E., & LOWER, N. K. (1990) A critical review of visual analogue scales in the measurement of clinical phenomena. Research & Nursing Health, 13, 227-236.
24. YOUNG, A. J., SAWKA, M. N., EPSTEIN, Y., DECRISTOFANO, B., & PANDOLF, K. (1987) Cooling different body surfaces during upper and lower body exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology, 63(3), 1218-1223.