ABSTRACT
It is well established that measures of performance and physiological characteristics are influenced by the size of the body as a whole or of its exercising segments in particular (Schmidt-Nielsen, 1984; Åstrand and Rodahl, 1986). Consequently, if the qualitative properties of tissues are to be explored meaningfully, differences in size have to be partitioned out by adjusting scores. Scaling is the technique that is used to make these adjustments and there has been a revival of interest in this area which impacts on those with interests in the physiology of exercise.
