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To examine overall and localized perceived exertion responses during repeated bouts of submaximal, high-intensity treadmill running when runners are deceived regarding exercise intensity.

June 1, 2004Perceptual and Motor Skills

Deception and Perceived Exertion during High-Intensity Running Bouts

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DHDavid B. HampsonUniversity of Cape Town AGAlan St Clair GibsonUniversity of Aberdeen MLMike LambertUniversity of Southern Queensland

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Randomized trial finds minimal effect of intensity deception on perceived exertion in trained runners, suggesting afferent physiological feedback dominates exertion sensing.

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To examine overall and localized perceived exertion responses during repeated bouts of submaximal, high-intensity treadmill running when runners are deceived regarding exercise intensity.
Randomized trial allocating well-trained male and female runners (n = 40) into four groups: two deceived groups (Expected Similar, Expected Increase) and two informed control groups (Control Similar, Control Increase).
Participants completed three 1680-m running bouts on a treadmill at 80% to 86% of peak running speed.
Ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured post-run across the whole body, chest, legs, head, and other anatomical regions.
No significant differences occurred in overall whole-body RPE between deceived runners and informed control runners across running bouts.
Runners deceived into expecting a higher intensity showed a non-significant tendency toward an attenuated between-run rise in RPE compared to honestly informed controls.
All groups reported consistently higher localized exertion scores in the legs and chest compared to the head and other regions.

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Hampson et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7078cae5469ee92be13436 https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.98.3.1027-1038

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Randomized trial finds minimal effect of intensity deception on perceived exertion in trained runners, suggesting afferent physiological feedback dominates exertion sensing.

Deception and Perceived Exertion during High-Intensity Running Bouts

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Deception and Perceived Exertion during High-Intensity Running Bouts

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