Are the Measurements of Attention Allocation and Perceived Exertion Trustworthy?

Meir, Gily; Hutchinson, Jasmin; Habeeb, Christine M.; Boiangin, Nataniel; Shaffer, Cory T.; Basevitch, Itay; Tenenbaum, Gershon

doi:10.1080/1091367x.2015.1061531

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“…A strength of the current study was that affective valence was measured twice during each RT session over three weeks of training. While it is possible that more frequent assessments might have captured subtle fluctuations in affective valence, excessive assessments can be intrusive, burdensome, and may even influence the ratings themselves (Meir et al, 2015).…”

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Affective Responses to Increasing- and Decreasing-Intensity Resistance Training Protocols

Hutchinson

Jones

Ekkekakis

et al. 2023

Journal of Sport &Amp; Exercise Psychology

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This study compared the effects of an increasing-intensity (UP) and a decreasing-intensity (DOWN) resistance training protocol on affective responses across six training sessions. Novice participants (Mage 43.5 ± 13.7 years) were randomly assigned to UP (n = 18) or DOWN (n = 17) resistance training groups. Linear mixed-effects models showed that the evolution of affective valence within each training session was significantly moderated by the group (b = −0.45, p ≤ .001), with participants in the UP group reporting a decline in pleasure during each session (b = −0.82) and the DOWN group reporting an improvement (b = 0.97; ps < .001). Remembered pleasure was significantly higher in the DOWN group compared to the UP group (b = 0.57, p = .004). These findings indicate that a pattern of decreasing intensity throughout a resistance exercise session can elicit more positive affective responses and retrospective affective evaluations of resistance training.

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Affective Responses to Increasing- and Decreasing-Intensity Resistance Training Protocols

Hutchinson

Jones

Ekkekakis

et al. 2023

Journal of Sport &Amp; Exercise Psychology

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“…We attempted to account for known medication influence on heart rate in our calculations, but such calculations likely do not fully account for individual dose or pharmacodynamics. Moreover, the frequent reporting of RPE by patients may have resulted in fragmented association and dissociation necessary to provide reliable self‐report 57 …”

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Intensity of usual care physical therapy during inpatient rehabilitation for people with neurologic diagnoses

DiPasquale

Trammell

Clark

et al. 2021

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Background Early, intense rehabilitation is essential to promote recovery after stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), and traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, intensity of usual care rehabilitation interventions during inpatient rehabilitation are poorly characterized. Objective To describe the intensity of usual care rehabilitation interventions completed during the subacute phase of recovery from neurologic injury. Design Observational. Setting Inpatient rehabilitation facility. Interventions Twenty‐two usual care physical therapy interventions were grouped into six categories: gait (four activities), functional (two), strengthening (four), aerobic (six), balance (four), and wheelchair (two). Patients Patients admitted to inpatient rehabilitation with a primary diagnosis of stroke, SCI or TBI within 6 months of injury. Main Outcome Measure(s) Cardiovascular intensity (physiological and perceived) was recorded during rehabilitation activity sessions. Physiological intensity was assessed by heart rate reserve (HRR) via a Polar A370 Fitness Watch and characterized as very light (<30%), light (30–39%), moderate (40–59%), vigorous (60–89%), and near maximal (≥90%). Perceived intensity was assessed using the Rating of Perceived Exertion scale. Results Patients (stroke n = 16 [number of activity sessions = 338/average session duration = 16.4 min]; SCI n = 15 [299/27.4 min]; TBI n = 15 [340/14.2 min]) participated. For patients with stroke, moderate‐to‐vigorous HRR was attained between 42% (aerobic exercise) to 55% (wheelchair propulsion) of activity sessions. For patients with SCI, moderate‐to‐vigorous HRR was attained between 29% (strength training) to 46% (gait training) of activity sessions. For patients with TBI, moderate‐to‐vigorous HRR was attained between 29% (balance activities) to 47% (gait training) of activity sessions. Associations between HRR and rate of perceived exertion were very weak across stroke (r = 0.12), SCI (r = 0.18), and TBI (r = 0.27). Conclusions Patients with stroke, SCI, and TBI undergoing inpatient rehabilitation achieve moderate‐to‐vigorous intensity during some usual care activities such as gait training. Patient perception of intensity was dissimilar to physiological response.

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“…Another important factor to consider in the assessment of PE is the frequency of the sensations' measurement. More frequent measurements yield higher RPE at the same workload (Corbett, Vance, Lomax, & Barwood, 2009;Meir et al, 2015), indicating that perception of exertion may be influenced by the act of measurement itself. It has been suggested that the often-observed linear increase of RPE during progressive exercise could be a product of the lowresolution sampling rate (minutes) or the typically imposed rating strategies (St Clair Gibson et al, 2006).…”

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Perceived effort and exertion.

Hutchinson¹,

Tenenbaum²

2019

APA Handbook of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Volume 2: Exercise Psychology (Vol. 2).

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People who move will all engage in perceived exertion (PE) to some degree. Perceptions of exertion accompany physical activity and play an important role in effort-regulation during physical work. Sensations perceived to be within the "comfort zone" will indicate no need to make any effort adjustments, whereas sensations perceived as too intense will inform a decision to adjust work output. CONCEPTUAL ISSUESDespite its ubiquity, the concept of PE is difficult to define. Perception of exertion involves a complex array of factors, including afferent feedback from the working organs, muscles, and joints; subjective perceptions of force, resistance, or strain; psychophysiological perceptions of breathlessness and nausea; psychological components such as motivation, determination, and task-aversion, as well as input from the brain' s central motor command system. Feelings of pain and discomfort, although distinct, can also affect the overall PE.Further complicating the proper definition of PE is the fact that the terms exertion and effort are often used interchangeably, although these perceptions are different but related psychological constructs. The distinctions between the two perceptions are explored in depth later in the chapter. As an initial point of clarity, we use the term perceived exertion in the first part of the chapter because of its widespread use in the relevant literature. Later, we speak more specifically to perceived effort, which better reflects the array of related perceptions during exercise, of which exertion is only one (see also Razon, Hutchinson, & Tenenbaum, 2012). History of Perceived ExertionGunnar Borg was the first to define and measure PE in the 1960s. Borg, a psychophysicist, was interested in how the perception of exertion develops with changes in workload and whether perception ratings might provide an indicator of performance capacity as a supplement to the physiological values (Borg, 1962). To measure these perceptual estimates, Borg introduced a rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale (Borg, 1978). The most recent iteration of the RPE scale measures the intensity of PE on a 15-point scale ranging from 6 (no exertion at all) to 20 (maximal exertion). The numeric range was designed to parallel the heart rate (HR) range of a normal healthy male (60-200 beats/minute). Borg later developed the CR10 scale (Borg, 1982), which satisfied the psychophysical requirements of ratio scaling. The CR10 scale has a primary numerical range of 0 to 10, with the first verbal anchor at 0.5. The upper anchor of Extremely strong, maximal is at 10, although there is no fixed upper endpoint. This gives the option to select a maximum intensity greater than 10 by

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Are the Measurements of Attention Allocation and Perceived Exertion Trustworthy?

Cited by 11 publications

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Affective Responses to Increasing- and Decreasing-Intensity Resistance Training Protocols

Affective Responses to Increasing- and Decreasing-Intensity Resistance Training Protocols

Intensity of usual care physical therapy during inpatient rehabilitation for people with neurologic diagnoses

Perceived effort and exertion.

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