title: Comparison between the CR10 Borg's scale and the VAS (visual analogue scale) during an arm-cranking exercise.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center of the Study of Motor Activity (CSAM), Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Scientific Institute of Pavia via Ferrata, 8-Pavia 27100, Italy. ecapodaglio@fsm.it
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Capodaglio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001132:Arm; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D010807:Physical Endurance; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results