Assessment of the Talk Test and Rating of Perceived Exertion for Exercise Intensity Prescription in Persons With Paraplegia

摘要

Background:Physical activity recommendations require accurate estimations of exercise intensity. Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and talk test (TT) are 2 commonly recommended techniques to gauge intensity. It is not known whether these are valid to select an exercise intensity that would elicit a training effect for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI).