HEALTH DYNAMICS OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING SPORTS ACTIVITIES

The aim: Is to investigate the dynamics of the morphofunctional development and physical health of students who were engaged in strength sports while studying at university. Materials and methods: The study involved 360 male students of different faculties between the ages of 17 and 20. Two groups of students were formed: experimental and control groups. The EG students (n=40) were engaged in strength sports (powerlifting, athletics, Crossfit); the CG students (n=320) were training according to the current program of physical education. The study of the morphofunctional development of students was carried out taking account of the indicators of body length, body weight, handgrip test, heart rate, blood pressure, and vital capacity. The level of students’ health was examined according to the methodology of the assessment of the physical health level by G. L. Apanasenko. Results: It was established that strength sports at university affect physical development, functional abilities of the major systems of an organism, and the health state of future doctors in a more efficient way than the current program of physical education. It was found that the influence on the indicators of handgrip test, vital capacity, and heart rate of the EG students was the most prominent positive effect of sports. The evaluation of the calculated indexes (power index, life index) and the level of physical health confirmed this trend. Conclusions: The conducted research asserts the necessity of introducing the sports-oriented form of the physical training organization at the medical higher education institutions of Ukraine to strengthen the students’ health and to maintain the efficiency of the future doctors’ professional activity.

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THE NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT SCHOOL: CORRECTIONAL AND HEALTH-IMPROVING USAGE OF STUDENTS’ PHYSIOLOGICAL INDEXES AS MARKERS OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH DISORDERS

Human Sport Medicine ◽

10.14529/hsm190106 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 42-49

Author(s):

V Gorelik ◽

C Filippova

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Heart Rate Variability ◽

Physical Education ◽

Physical Health ◽

Dynamic Control ◽

Development Program ◽

Physical Development ◽

Control Group ◽

Software Complex ◽

Experimental Group

Aim. The article deals with establishing the efficiency of applying control and measuring indexes at Physical Education classes (physical development indexes, heart rate variability) as factors of health development and academic performance assessment. Materials and methods. We examined 20 fifth-grade male pupils (n = 20) from school No 90 (Togliatti), who formed the basic experimental group and followed a correction and development program. We also examined pupils of the same gender, age, and number at school No 91 (Togliatti) to form the control group with a standard school program. The following methods of diagnostics were used: a computer program ‘Express Assessment of Pupils’ Physical Health’ and heart rate variability assessment by means of Varicard 2.51 hardware and software complex. Results. The article provides the experimental justification of using the dynamics of functional indicators (physical development indexes, heart rate variability) as control and measuring indexes at Physical Education classes. We established that at the initial stage of the pedagogical experiment there were no significant differences between the indicators of physical health in the experimental and control groups. In the experimental group, after lessons, including the selection of correction and development exercises depending on physical development indexes and heart rate variability, we registered a significant improvement of the parameters studied. In the control group, there were no significant changes in physical development or health status. Therefore, physiological markers provide a maximal objectivation of physical development, health, and academic progress assessment in pupils at PE lessons. Conclusion. Measuring physical development and health indexes in screening mode allows: 1) to perform a dynamic control of children ontogenesis, 2) to detect and promptly prevent dysontogenesis, 3) to prevent schoolchildren’s disadaptation after overloads.

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STRENGTHENING STUDENTS’ HEALTH IN THE PROCESS OF SPORTS AND HEALTH TOURISM ENGAGEMENT

Wiadomości Lekarskie ◽

10.36740/wlek202106135 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 74 (6) ◽

pp. 1478-1484

Author(s):

Zoia V. Syrovatko ◽

Viktoriia M. Yefremenko ◽

Larysa V. Anikeienko ◽

Viktor P. Bilokon ◽

Serhii M. Korol ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Physical Education ◽

Physical Health ◽

Functional Status ◽

Heart Rate Recovery ◽

Exercise Duration ◽

Physical Development ◽

Breath Holding ◽

Health Tourism ◽

High Level

The aim: Is to investigate the level and dynamics of students’ physical health in the process of sports and health tourism engagement. Materials and methods: The research involved the students (men) of Sumy State University (n = 60). The research was conducted in 2018-2020. The comparative analysis of indicators of physical development, functional status and health of the students who were engaged in sports and health tourism (sports section of the Department of Physical Education, n = 30) in the process of their physical education, and the students who attended traditional physical education classes (main section, n = 30) was carried out. The level of the students’ health was assessed according to the methods by H. L. Apanasenko and V. P. Voitenko. Results: It was found that most indicators of physical development, functional status and state of health are significantly better at the end of the research in the students who were engaged in sports and health tourism during their education than in the students who were engaged in traditional physical education classes. The largest increases are in the indicators of body weight, circumferential size of the chest and the waist, heart rate, vital, strength indices, Robinson’s index, duration of heart rate recovery after standard exercise, duration of breath-holding at inspiration and expiration, level of physical health. Conclusions: The high level of physical development, functional status and the state of students’ health formed in the process of sports and health tourism will ensure the effectiveness of their learning in higher educational institutions owing to improving their mental and physical performance, as well as help to improve indicators of their lifesustaining and future professional activities.

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Monitoring of the physical health state among 16–17-year-old female students

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity ◽

10.29359/bjhpa.13.3.06 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 47-54

Author(s):

OLEKSANDR MOZOLEV

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Physical Health ◽

Female Students ◽

First Year ◽

Health State ◽

Energy Potential ◽

First Year Students ◽

Age Related ◽

Medical Groups ◽

Established Norm

Background: The results of monitoring the physical health of 16–17-year-old girls who became first-year students of Khmelnytskyi Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy during 2016–2019 have been analysed in the article. Material and Methods: 1670 female students participated in the research. In the course of the research, the number of people belonging to the main, preparatory and special medical group was determined, as well as those who were exempted from attending physical education classes. Results: The results of the research have found that there is a tendency for an increase in the number of female students exempted from attending physical education classes from 3.17% to 6.60%, and the increase in the number of female students assigned for health reasons to special medical groups at physical education classes from 6.57% to 11.93%. Conclusions: The analysis of changes of anthropometric indicators of girls showed that there is a growing number of overweight female students from 9.2% to 11.7%, and from 1.2% to 1.7% of those who have 1–2 degree of obesity. The analysis of functional indicators of physical condition showed that 21.8% of female students had deviations in age-related heart rate, and the indicator of vital capacity of lungs in 34.8% of female students was lower than the established norm. An analysis of the Robinson index showed that the level of energy potential of female students tends to deteriorate.

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THE ORGANIZATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROCESS AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW REQUIREMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS

Bulletin of Kemerovo State University Series Humanities and Social Sciences ◽

10.21603/2542-1840-2017-2-12-16 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (2) ◽

pp. 12-16

Author(s):

В. Дубчак ◽

V. Dubchak ◽

А. Шульгин ◽

A. Shulgin

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Physical Education ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Physical Culture ◽

Health State ◽

Higher Educational Institutions ◽

Aerobic Activity ◽

Health Dynamics ◽

Higher Educational

<p>The paper deals with the problems of the new approach to the planning of the physical education. The research aim was to determine the influence of aerobic activity on the dynamics of physical training and health promotion among students by involving cyclical sports in the physical culture classes at higher educational institutions. The teachers are advised to give consideration not to the sport results but to the students’ state of health at the physical culture classes. Traditionally formed classes directed at the fulfillment of control demands are not always effective in the context of health promotion. Special attention must be paid to the solution of health life and educational problems of students, formation of their methodical knowledge, raising in them a stable need in systematic exercising. Teachers should help students control the development of their physical qualities and teach them to make conclusions about their own health state.</p><p>The research results confirmed the supposition that physical exercises of cyclical character have a more positive influence on health dynamics, and the 100 % scale grade improves students’ physical activity.</p>

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The organizational basics and methodical provision of motion activity development of teenagers in the extracurricular activity

10.36074/obmpmadtea-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ivan Vaskan ◽

Maryna Kozhokar

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Physical State ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Physical Culture ◽

Extracurricular Activity ◽

Health State ◽

Motion Activity ◽

Physical Exercises

The monograph revealed the organizational and methodical provision of the motion activity development in the extracurricular forms of physical culture of general educational establishments. Nature, standards and importance of motion activity, influence of hypokinesia and hypodynamia on the health state of pupils, ways of engaging to the systematic classes of physical exercises are described. The specific features of motion activity, physical state and motivational-valuable orientations of teenagers in general educational establishments are outlined. The model of motion activity development of teenagers in the extracurricular forms of physical culture was justified. The study is recommended for a practical use within the process of professional activity by the teachers of physical education, postgraduates, students and all motivated specialists who participate in the studies and education of pupils in general educational establishments under modern conditions.

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FitBirds: Designing Heart Rate Feedback for Playful and Social Physical Education

Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society ◽

10.1145/3419249.3421243 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yudan Ma ◽

Bin Yu ◽

Tilde Bekker ◽

Jun Hu ◽

Steven Vos

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Physical Education ◽

Rate Feedback ◽

Heart Rate Feedback

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Effect of Integrated Neuromuscular Exercise in Physical Education Class on Health-Related Fitness in Female Children

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9030312 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 312

Author(s):

Marijana Sinđić ◽

Draženka Mačak ◽

Nikola Todorović ◽

Bianka Purda ◽

Maja Batez

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Muscular Fitness ◽

Female Children ◽

Before And After ◽

Health Related ◽

The Republic ◽

Almost All ◽

And Control ◽

Cardiorespiratory Endurance ◽

Health Related Fitness

Integrated neuromuscular training (INT) showed benefits for improving fundamental movement skills (FMS). However, the INT health-related fitness (HRF) effects are lacking. The current study aimed to determine the effects of INT implemented during physical education (PE) in a primary school in the Republic of Serbia on HRF in female children. The sample consisted of 72 healthy girls who were divided into the intervention (EG: n = 37; mean ± SD: age = 8.17 ± 0.31) and control (CG: n = 35; age = 8.11 ± 0.31) groups. The EG and CG performed the INT program and traditional PE activities two times per week within the first ~15 min of PE class, respectively. The Fitnessgram battery tests assessed the HRF (body composition, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular fitness, and flexibility) before and after the program. After eight weeks, the EG significantly reduced all fat measures, while the CG decreased only triceps skinfold but to a smaller extent (F = 5.92, p < 0.02, ŋ2 = 0.09). Both groups significantly improved the performance of almost all muscular fitness tests (curl-ups, trunk lift, push-ups); however, the EG increased the push-ups more than the CG (F = 9.01, p < 0.01, ŋ2 = 0.14). The EG additionally improved the modified pull-ups (F = 14.09, p < 0.01, ŋ2 = 0.19) and flexed arm hang (F = 28.82, p < 0.01, ŋ2 = 0.33) tests. The flexibility and cardiorespiratory endurance of both groups did not significantly change after eight weeks. This approach of exercise showed positive acceptance and relatively good results after only eight weeks.

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Cardiac Parasympathetic Withdrawal and Sympathetic Activity: Effect of Heat Exposure on Heart Rate Variability

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18115934 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 5934

Author(s):

Oriol Abellán-Aynés ◽

Pedro Manonelles ◽

Fernando Alacid

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Heart Rate Variability ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

Sympathetic Activity ◽

Heat Exposure ◽

Repeated Measurements ◽

Control Group ◽

Poincaré Plot ◽

Activity Effect ◽

And Control

(1) Background: Research on heart rate variability has increased in recent years and the temperature has not been controlled in some studies assessing repeated measurements. This study aimed to analyze how heart rate variability may change based on environmental temperature during measurement depending on parasympathetic and sympathetic activity variations. (2) Methods: A total of 22 volunteers participated in this study divided into an experimental (n = 12) and control group (n = 10). Each participant was assessed randomly under two different environmental conditions for the experimental group (19 °C and 35 °C) and two identical environmental conditions for the control group (19 °C). During the procedure, heart rate variability measurements were carried out for 10 min. (3) Results: Significantly changes were observed for time and frequency domains as well as Poincaré plot variables after heat exposure (p < 0.05). These findings were not observed in the control group, whose conditions between measurements did not change. (4) Conclusions: The reduction of heart rate variability due to exposure to hot conditions appears to be produced mostly by a parasympathetic withdrawal rather than a sympathetic activation. Therefore, if consecutive measurements have to be carried out, these should always be done under the same temperature conditions.

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Relationships between the Rider’s Pelvic Mobility and Balance on a Gymnastic Ball with Equestrian Skills and Effects on Horse Welfare

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11020453 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 453

Author(s):

Mette Uldahl ◽

Janne W. Christensen ◽

Hilary M. Clayton

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Core Stability ◽

Static Balancing ◽

Conflict Behaviors ◽

Video Recordings ◽

Highly Correlated ◽

And Control ◽

Energetic Performance ◽

Working Heart

Riders need core stability to follow and guide the horse’s movements and avoid giving unintended or conflicting signals. This study evaluated the rider’s performance of exercises on a gymnastic ball with on-horse performance and indicators of stress in the horse. Twenty experienced riders were scored performing three exercises on a gymnastic ball and for quality and harmony when riding based on evaluation of video recordings in which conflict behaviours were evident. The horse’s heart rate and number of conflict behaviors during the riding test and cortisol levels after completion of the test were measured. The rider’s ability to roll the pelvis from side-to-side on a gymnastic ball was highly correlated with ability to circle the pelvis on the ball and with quality and harmony during riding. However, pelvic roll and riding quality and harmony showed a trend toward a negative correlation with balancing skills on the ball. It appears that the ability to actively move the pelvis is more relevant to equestrian performance than static balancing skill. Horses ridden by riders with better pelvic mobility and control showed significantly fewer conflict behaviors. On the contrary, high scores for balancing on the gymnastic ball were negatively correlated with the horses’ working heart rates, suggesting a less energetic performance. Pelvic control and mobility may be predictive for equestrian skills and riding harmony.

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