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Rate of Perceived Exertion Scale

RATE

REVISED (CATEGORY) SCALE

6  No exertion at all
0  Nothing at all
7  Very, very light
.5  Very, very weak
8
1  Very weak
9  Very light
Weak
10
Moderate
11  Light
4  Somewhat Strong
12
Strong
13  Somewhat hard
6
14
Very Strong
15  Hard
8
16
9
17  Very hard
10  Very, very strong
18
*  Maximal
19  Very, very hard
 
20  Maximal exertion
 













9
Corresponds to "very light" exercise. For a healthy person, it is like walking slowly at his or her own pace for some minutes

13
On the scale is "somewhat hard" exercise, but it still feels OK to continue.

17
"Very hard" is very strenuous. A healthy person can still go on, but he or she really has to push him/herself. It feels very heavy, and the person is very tired.

19
On the scale is an extremely strenuous exercise level. For most people this is the most strenuous exercise they have ever experienced.
 
   

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