Development and Validity of the Rating-of-Fatigue Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of these experiments was to develop a rating-of-fatigue (ROF) scale capable of tracking the intensity of perceived fatigue in a variety of contexts.

Methods

Four experiments were carried out. The first provided the evidential basis for the construction of the ROF scale. The second tested the face validity of the ROF, and the third tested the convergent and divergent validity of the ROF scale during ramped cycling to exhaustion and 30 min of resting recovery. The final experiment tested the convergent validity of the ROF scale with time of day and physical activity (accelerometer counts) across a whole week.

Results

Modal selections of descriptions and diagrams at different levels of exertion and recovery were found during Experiment 1 upon which

SUBMITTER: Micklewright D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5633636 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature