Anonymous
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Search
Editing
Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Namespaces
Page
Discussion
More
More
Page actions
Read
Edit
Edit source
History
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
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 = | author-link = | date = 2020-09-17 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|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 = | 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 = 377β381|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 = 404β405|doi=10.1093/occmed/kqx063|issn=0962-7480}}</ref> ===Borg CR-10=== {{See also|Borg CR-10}}Borg also developed the Borg CR-10 scale, which rates perceived from exercise intensity from 0 (no exertion) to 10 (maximum).<ref name="CR10">{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l_zQwAEACAAJ | title = Human Kinetics | last = Borg | first = Gunnar A.V. | author-link = | date = 1998 | website = | publisher = Champaign|location=IL | page = 104|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2021-08-30|chapter=Borgβs Perceived Exertion and Pain Scales}}</ref> ==Theory== 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.<ref name="healthlink" /> ==Evidence== The RPE scale has a high correlation with heart rate, and is particularly used in sports science.<ref name=":0" /> ==Cost and availability== The RPE scale is copyrighted but is widely available and free to use in many hospitals or health settings, and on websites such as the [[World Health Organization]] and [[Centers for Disease Control|CDC]]. ==See also== *[[Borg CR-10]] *[[Post-COVID-19 illness]] *[[Long COVID]] *[[Post-exertional malaise]] *[[Exercise]] ==Learn more== *[https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/measuring/exertion.htm Perceived Exertion (Borg scale) - CDC] *[https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/physical-activity/borg-rating-perceived-exertion-scale Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale - HealthLink British Columbia] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Symptom scales]]
Summary:
Please make sure your edits are consistent with
MEpedia's guidelines
.
By saving changes, you agree to the
Terms of use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 3.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Templates used on this page:
MediaWiki:Colon-separator/en
(
view source
)
MediaWiki:Seealso/en
(
view source
)
Template:Cite book
(
edit
)
Template:Cite journal
(
edit
)
Template:Cite web
(
edit
)
Template:Full stop
(
edit
)
Template:GetFallback
(
edit
)
Template:LangSwitch
(
edit
)
Template:Main other
(
edit
)
Template:Reflist
(
edit
)
Template:See also
(
edit
)
Template:Uselang
(
edit
)
Module:Check for unknown parameters
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist
(
edit
)
Module:No globals
(
edit
)
Navigation
Navigation
Skip to content
Main page
Browse
Become an editor
Random page
Popular pages
Abbreviations
Glossary
About MEpedia
Links for editors
Contents
Guidelines
Recent changes
Pages in need
Search
Help
Wiki tools
Wiki tools
Special pages
Page tools
Page tools
User page tools
More
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Page logs