The Perception of Exertion in Physical Work: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at The Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, October 3rd – 5th, 1985

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Psychophysical Studies of Effort and Exertion: Some Historical, Theoretical and Empirical Aspects....Pages 3-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Measuring Individual Differences by Cross-Modality Comparison....Pages 15-26
How Borg’s Rpe-Scale Has Been Applied to Japanese....Pages 27-34
A Comparison of a Psychophysical Estimation and a Production Method in a Laboratory and a Field Condition....Pages 35-46
The Growth of Perceived Exertion During a Prolonged Bicycle Ergometer Test at a Constant Work Load....Pages 47-55
Perceived Exertion, Heart Rate and Blood Lactate During Prolonged Exercise on a Bicycle Ergometer....Pages 57-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Breathlessness — The Sense of Respiratory Muscle Effort....Pages 71-82
The Integration of Physiological Cues in Effort Perception: Stimulus Strength vs. Relative Contribution....Pages 83-96
Local and Central Factor Contributions in the Perception of Effort During Physical Exercise....Pages 97-109
Ventilatory Precursors for Central Signals of Perceived Exertion....Pages 111-121
Perceived Exertion During Exercise at Different Body Temperatures....Pages 123-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Rating of Perceived Exertion in Adolescents with Neuromuscular Disease....Pages 137-148
Perceived Exertion: Subjectivity and Objectivity in Work Intensity Assessment....Pages 149-159
The Use of the Perception Scale for Exercise Prescription....Pages 161-176
Perceived Exertion During Exercise in the Discrimination Between Circulatory and Pulmonary Disorders....Pages 177-190
The Effect of Nonselective and Selective Betablockade on Perceived Exertion During Treadmill Exercise in Mild Hypertensive Type A and B Males and the Interaction with Aerobic Training....Pages 191-198
Rating Perceived Symptoms During Exercise in Heart Disease....Pages 199-206
Evaluation of Muscular Fatigue and Pain of Patients by a Digital Processing Machine of Muscular Strength Myograms....Pages 207-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
The Perception of Physical Effort in Job Tasks....Pages 225-242
Manual Materials Handling Capacity and Injury Control....Pages 243-253
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Acceptability Rating in Manual Materials Handling: An Experimental Evaluation of Psychophysical Criteria....Pages 255-264
The Ability of People to Make Self-Assessments of the State of Their Own Subsystems: Implications and the Process....Pages 265-274
Perceived Exertion, Motivation, and Health — an Industrial Experience....Pages 275-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Some Studies of Perceived Exertion in Sports....Pages 293-302
Perceived Exertion, Heart Rate and Blood Lactate in Downhill Skiing as Compared to Cross-Country Skiing — a Pilot Study....Pages 303-315
Perceived Exertion as a Part of a Feedback System and its Interaction with Tactical Behaviour in Endurance Sports....Pages 317-326
Rate of Perceived Exertion and its Relationship with Cardiorespiratory Response to Submaximal and Maximal Muscular Exercise....Pages 327-335
Back Matter....Pages 337-346