title: Validation of the adult OMNI scale of perceived exertion for cycle ergometer exercise.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Concurrent and construct validity of the OMNI-Cycle Scale of Perceived Exertion were examined using young adult women and men (18-32 yr).
  
  
  METHODS
  Concurrent validity was established by correlating OMNI-Cycle Scale ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) with oxygen consumption (.VO2) and heart rate (HR) responses to a load-incremented cycle ergometer protocol. Construct validity was established by correlating RPE derived from the OMNI-Cycle Scale with RPE from the Borg (6-20) Scale. RPE, .VO2, and HR were measured during each exercise stage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The range of exercise responses across the incremental test for the female and male groups was .VO2 = 0.92-2.74 L.min-1, HR = 107.2-167.2 beats.min-1, and OMNI Scale RPE-Overall, RPE-Legs, and RPE-Chest 1.0-9.1. Correlation/regression analyses indicated that RPE-Overall, RPE-Legs, and RPE-Chest distributed as a positive linear function of both .VO2 and HR (r = 0.81 to 0.95; P < 0.01). Undifferentiated and differentiated RPE-OMNI Scale distributed as a positive linear function of RPE-Borg Scale (r = 0.92 to 0.97; P < 0.01). ANOVA indicated that OMNI-Cycle RPE-Legs was higher (P < 0.01) than RPE-Chest at each exercise stage for both genders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Concurrent and construct evidence supports use of the OMNI Scale by adult women and men to estimate RPE during cycle exercise.
authors.affiliation: Center for Exercise and Health-Fitness Research, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. rrobert@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Fredric L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Goss
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dube
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rutkowski
authors.forename: Mandi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dupain
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andreacci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001642:Bicycling; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D010465:Perception; D005082:Physical Exertion; D015203:Reproducibility of Results