Borg's Perceived Exertion and Pain Scales

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Borg's Perceived Exertioin and Pain Scales Author: BORG, Gunnar, PhD (Stockholm Univ) Bibliographic Data: (ISBN: 0880116234, Human Kinetics Inc, 1998, $24.00), 104 pages, soft cover. Audience 1: Exercise Scientists Audience 2: Physiotherapists Other Info: The book contains black-and-white illustrations. DESCRIPTION: This is a new edition of a book on perceived exertion and pain scales written by the developer of the scales himself. It is a compilation of the development, proper use (including validity and reliability), and research using the Borg ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) scale and the Borg category-ratio (CR10) scale. PURPOSE: The purpose is to present two scales: the Borg RPE scale and the Borg CR10 scale. The emphasis is on viewing humans as a psychosomatic whole and using hum