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The relationship between exercise tolerance and a single rate of perceived exertion as modified by training among older male and female subjects
thesis
posted on 2013-06-11, 10:38 authored by David H.H. WilliamsMost testing and training studies make objective measurements of responses to exercise by
means of a wide range of physiological parameters of varying degrees of sophistication. However,
rarely do such studies take as their central theme how the individual feels in response to a test or
to exercise, before and after training. Some studies even conclude that a period of training has
had no measurable effects on their subjects because the range of measurements made before
and after training was unchanged -yet the subjects report that they felt better and could cope with
exercise more effectively.
Thus, the aim of this thesis is to describe a series of studies which examined the physiological
responses to exercise of middle-aged subjects with the emphasis placed on their subjective
reaction to that exercise before and after training. Rather than employ a battery of psychological
tests to assess such reactions the simple, but effective, expediency of using a single Rate of
Perceived Exertion (RPE) was adopted [continued]…
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Publisher
© D.H.H. WilliamsPublication date
1995Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.EThOS Persistent ID
uk.bl.ethos.481229Language
- en