Relationship of Rated Perceived Exertion to Heart Rate and Workload in Mentally Retarded Young Adults

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  • Robert Arnhold
  • Nelson Ng
  • Gary Pechar
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This study was conducted to determine the predictive ability of rated perceived exertion (WE) of mentally retarded (MR) young adults with respect to heart rate (HR) and workload (WL). Subjects were a group of 10 mentally retarded adults (M age = 21.20 yrs, M IQ = 50.5) and a control group of 10 nonretarded adults (M age = 21.18 yrs). The procedure involved the performance of a continuous multistage treadmill test using a modified Balke protocol. Rated perceived exertion and heart rate were recorded after each minute. Correlation coefficients for both RPE/HR and WE/WL were significant for both groups. Tests for differences in WE/HR and R P E W correlation coefficients between the two groups indicated significance for RPE/HR but none for RPE/WL. Regression analysis revealed that variation in RPE could be explained by variations in HR and WL. The association between rated perceived exertion and heart rate and rated perceived exertion and workload suggests the use of the Borg scale with mentally retarded individuals.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007