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Perception of Exertion in Physical Exercise

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Gunnar Borg

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. David Ottoson

    1. Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Wenner-Gren Symposium (WGS)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  3. Perception and Psychophysics: Theoretical Problems and Some Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Measuring Individual Differences by Cross-Modality Comparison

      • Lawrence E. Marks
      Pages 15-26

    3. How Borg’s Rpe-Scale Has Been Applied to Japanese

      • Mitsumasa Miyashita, Koichi Onodera, Izumi Tabata
      Pages 27-34

    4. A Comparison of a Psychophysical Estimation and a Production Method in a Laboratory and a Field Condition

      • Marcel Van Den Burg, Ruggero Ceci
      Pages 35-46

    5. The Growth of Perceived Exertion During a Prolonged Bicycle Ergometer Test at a Constant Work Load

      • Gunnar Borg, Sven-Erik Johansson
      Pages 47-55

    6. Perceived Exertion, Heart Rate and Blood Lactate During Prolonged Exercise on a Bicycle Ergometer

      • Sven-Erik Johansson
      Pages 57-68

  4. Physiological Aspects on Perceived Exertion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Breathlessness — The Sense of Respiratory Muscle Effort

      • Kieran J. Killian
      Pages 71-82

    3. The Integration of Physiological Cues in Effort Perception: Stimulus Strength vs. Relative Contribution

      • B. J. Noble, W. J. Kraemer, J. G. Allen, J. S. Plank, L. A. Woodard
      Pages 83-96

    4. Local and Central Factor Contributions in the Perception of Effort During Physical Exercise

      • Kent B. Pandolf
      Pages 97-109

    5. Ventilatory Precursors for Central Signals of Perceived Exertion

      • Robert J. Robertson, Kenneth F. Metz
      Pages 111-121

    6. Perceived Exertion During Exercise at Different Body Temperatures

      • Ulf Bergh
      Pages 123-134

  5. Clinical Aspects: Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Rating of Perceived Exertion in Adolescents with Neuromuscular Disease

      • Oded Bar-Or, Sherry Lee Reed
      Pages 137-148

    3. Perceived Exertion: Subjectivity and Objectivity in Work Intensity Assessment

      • Edmund J. Burke
      Pages 149-159

    4. The Use of the Perception Scale for Exercise Prescription

      • Michael L. Pollock, Andrew S. Jackson, Carl Foster
      Pages 161-176

    5. Perceived Exertion During Exercise in the Discrimination Between Circulatory and Pulmonary Disorders

      • Håkan Linderholm
      Pages 177-190
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  • Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

    Gunnar Borg

  • Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, Sweden

    David Ottoson

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