Comparison between the “goal” and “borg” perception scales during a cardiopulmonary exercise test

Abstract

One of the first to work on the biological basis of fatigue during physical exercise was Angelo Mosso in 1891. Tucker (2009) identified a model of exercise regulation that incorporates anticipation and feedback components, using physical work time to establish the work pace and generate a plan to estimate the increase in the perception of effort during exercise. Also, the sensations of effort will depend on the cognitive work of maintaining concentration during the action that the body is executing (Pageaux, Lepers, 2016). The basis for communicating fatigue remains the individual level of perception, and the response of perception to physical exercise during a cardiopulmonary stress test is vital to determine the individual sub maximal or maximum limit, diagnose cardiopulmonary disease, identify physical performance levels, prescribe training plans, and finally, to monitor the individual for cardiopulmonary risk events; therefore, without these perceptual responses to physical effort, we would not be able to provide effective conclusions and/or recommendations. For this reason, our first clinical study at INSAFIDE focuses on the use of the perceived exertion scale during cardiopulmonary exercise testing.