Validity and psychometric evaluation of the French version of RPE scale in young fit males when monitoring training loads

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2013

Keywords

Perceived exertion, Translation, Adolescent, Taekwondo and soccer

DOI

10.1016/j.scispo.2012.07.008

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to validate the French translation of the category-rating-10 used for assessing perceived exertion (RPE) when monitoring training loads.

Methods: Fifty athletes from individual (Taekwondo) and team sports (soccer) volunteered. Two forward translations, a reconciled version, and then a back-translation were completed to validate the final French version. French Session-RPE, heart rate, and duration were recorded for 622 training sessions.

Results: The comparability of language and similarity of interpretability using a Likert scale were 2 and 1, respectively. A high Cronbach's α coefficient (α = 0.77) was found. The intraclass correlation coefficient of session-RPE was 0.77. High correlations were determined between the session-RPE and HR-based methods during training sessions. The effect size was 0.97.

Conclusions: When monitoring training load, the French version of category-rating-10 exhibits similar reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change as the English version.

Source Publication

Science & Sports

Volume Number

28

Issue Number

2

First Page

e29

Last Page

e35

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