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The '''Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale''' or '''RPE scale''' is a self-report tool to measure the intensity of physical work needed to do a particular activity.<ref name="healthlink">{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/physical-activity/borg-rating-perceived-exertion-scale|title=Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale|date=2016-11-29|website=HealthLink BC|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/measuring/exertion.htm|title=Perceived Exertion (Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale) {{!}} Physical Activity|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2020-09-17|website=[[Centers for Disease Control]]|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref> The RPE scale was developed by Gunnar Borg, a Swedish researcher, in 1982, and measures on the scale have been found to be correlated with heart rate.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Borg|first=Gunnar A. V.|author-link=|last2=|first2=|author-link2=|last3=|first3=|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=1982|title=Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion|url=https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/1982/05000/Psychophysical_bases_of_perceived_exertion.12.aspx|journal=Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise|language=en-US|volume=14|issue=5|pages=377–381|doi=|issn=0195-9131|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Nerys|date=2017-07-01|title=The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqx063|journal=Occupational Medicine|volume=67|issue=5|pages=404–405|doi=10.1093/occmed/kqx063|issn=0962-7480}}</ref>
The '''Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale''' or '''RPE scale''' is a self-report tool to measure the intensity of physical work needed to do a particular activity.<ref name="healthlink">{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/physical-activity/borg-rating-perceived-exertion-scale|title=Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale|date=2016-11-29|website=HealthLink BC|language=en|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/measuring/exertion.htm|title=Perceived Exertion (Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale) {{!}} Physical Activity|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2020-09-17|website=[[Centers for Disease Control]]|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref> The RPE scale was developed by Gunnar Borg, a Swedish researcher, in 1982, and measures on the scale have been found to be correlated with heart rate.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Borg|first=Gunnar A. V.|author-link=|last2=|first2=|author-link2=|last3=|first3=|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=1982|title=Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion|url=https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/1982/05000/Psychophysical_bases_of_perceived_exertion.12.aspx|journal=Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise|language=en-US|volume=14|issue=5|pages=377–381|doi=|issn=0195-9131|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Nerys|date=2017-07-01|title=The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqx063|journal=Occupational Medicine|volume=67|issue=5|pages=404–405|doi=10.1093/occmed/kqx063|issn=0962-7480}}</ref> Borg also developed the [[Borg CR10]], which rates perceived from exercise intensity from 0 (no exertion) to 10 (maximum).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-07179-000|title=Human Kinetics|last=Borg|first=Gunnar A.V.|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=1998|website=|publisher=Champaign|location=IL|page=104|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-08-30|chapter=Borg’s Perceived Exertion and Pain Scales}}</ref>


==Theory==
==Theory==

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The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale or RPE scale is a self-report tool to measure the intensity of physical work needed to do a particular activity.[1][2] The RPE scale was developed by Gunnar Borg, a Swedish researcher, in 1982, and measures on the scale have been found to be correlated with heart rate.[3][4] Borg also developed the Borg CR10, which rates perceived from exercise intensity from 0 (no exertion) to 10 (maximum).[4][5]

Theory[edit | edit source]

The scale scores perceived effort from 6 (no effort at all) to 20 (absolute maximum, exhaustion). Fitter people feel like they are putting in less effort than less fit or deconditioned people who are doing the same activity.[1]

Evidence[edit | edit source]

The World Health Organization has suggested using the RPE scale to assess effort when covering from COVID-19.

Subgroup[edit | edit source]

Cost and availability[edit | edit source]

The RPE scale is free to use and readily available.

See also[edit | edit source]

Learn more[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Perceived Exertion (Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale) | Physical Activity". Centers for Disease Control. September 17, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ Borg, Gunnar A. V. (1982). "Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion". Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 14 (5): 377–381. ISSN 0195-9131.
  3. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Williams, Nerys (July 1, 2017). "The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale". Occupational Medicine. 67 (5): 404–405. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqx063. ISSN 0962-7480.
  4. ↑ Borg, Gunnar A.V. (1998). "Human Kinetics". IL: Champaign. p. 104. Retrieved August 30, 2021. |chapter= ignored (help)

heart rate (HR) - the number of times the heart beats within a certain time period, usually a minute

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