Resumen de What Do We Really Know About Children's Ability to Perceive Exertion? Time to Consider the Bigger Picture
Perceived exertion involves the interplay of afferent feedback from cardio-respiratory, metabolic and thermal stimuli and efferent feed-forward mechanisms to enable an individual to evaluate how hard or easy an exercise task feels. It is moderated by a) psychological factors' among which are cognition, memory and understanding of the task and b) situational factors' which include knowledge of the duration and temporal characteristics of the task (e.g., continuous, intermittent or spasmodic) and knowledge of the target distance or total amount of work to be completed. On the basis of the above, it should be apparent that assessment of how accurately a child can rate perceived exertion (RPE) remains a significant challenge. This editorial will elaborate on what I perceive to be some of the challenges for future studies
