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Comparison Of Perceived Exertion While Exercising At The Same Intensity On Land And Aquatic Treadmills, Amanda D. Montemayor, Iris A. Javersak
Comparison Of Perceived Exertion While Exercising At The Same Intensity On Land And Aquatic Treadmills, Amanda D. Montemayor, Iris A. Javersak
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The purpose of this study was to determine if at the same intensity, two separate modalities of exercise could be perceived to have different difficulties. The modalities chosen for this study were underwater treadmill versus land treadmill. It was hypothesized that at the same sub maximal protocol, the underwater treadmill would be perceived as easier than the land treadmill. Both an objective measure, heart rate, and a subjective measure, a 10-point Borg rate of perceived exertion (RPE) scale (Borg, 1982), were used. Ten healthy University of Akron students from the ages 19-23 were used for this study. The students did …