Comparison between the CR10 Borg's scale and the VAS (visual analogue scale) during an arm-cranking exercise

Two subjective assessment scales (VAS and Borg's CR10) are compared in a group of 15 young and healthy subjects performing an arm-cranking incremental steady-state exercise. Arm-ache and breathlessness were evaluated at each step, together with the measurement of heart rate (Hr) and blood lacta...

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Published inJournal of occupational rehabilitation Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 69 - 74
Main Author Capodaglio, E M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Springer Nature B.V 01.06.2001
Subjects
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Arm
Cardiac stress tests
Exercise
Female
Heart rate
Humans
Male
Pain Measurement - methods
Physical Endurance
Physical Exertion
Physiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Rehabilitation - methods
Reproducibility
Reproducibility of Results
Variables
Workloads
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Summary:Two subjective assessment scales (VAS and Borg's CR10) are compared in a group of 15 young and healthy subjects performing an arm-cranking incremental steady-state exercise. Arm-ache and breathlessness were evaluated at each step, together with the measurement of heart rate (Hr) and blood lactate (Bl). Both arm-ache and breathlessness show a slight positively accelerating increase with workload as evaluated by CR10, while there exists a linear increase by VAS. A very good linear correlation (0.99, p < 0.05) was found between subjective assessments given on the CR10 and a simple combination of Hr and Bl. Reproducibility of both the scales and of the physiological variables was found to be good.
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ISSN:1053-0487
1573-3688
DOI:10.1023/A:1016649717326