Borg CR-10 scale as a new approach to monitoring office exercise training

Shariat A 1 , Cleland JA 2 , Danaee M 3 , Alizadeh R 4 , Sangelaji B 5 , Kargarfard M 6 Show all authors , Ansari NN 1 , Sepehr FH 7 , Tamrin SBM 8

Affiliations 

  • 1 Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • 2 Franklin Pierce University, Manchester, NH, USA
  • 3 Academic Enhancement and Leadership Development Centre (ADeC), University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • 5 School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
  • 6 Department of Sport Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
  • 7 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • 8 Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Work, 2018;60(4):549-554.
PMID: 30103362 DOI: 10.3233/WOR-182762

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There are many potential training exercises for office workers in an attempt to prevent musculoskeletal disorders. However, to date a suitable tool to monitor the perceived exertion of those exercises does not exist.

OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Borg CR-10 scale to monitor the perceived exertion of office exercise training.

METHODS: The study involved 105 staff members employed in a government office with an age range from 25 to 50 years. The Borg CR-10 scale was self-administered two times, with an interval of two weeks in order to evaluate the accuracy of the original findings with a retest. Face validity and content validity were also examined.

RESULTS: Reliability was found to be high for the Borg CR-10 scale (0.898). Additionally a high correlation between the Borg CR-10 scale and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was identified (rs = 0.754, P 

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