PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONAL POSSIBILITIES OF YOUTH OF VLADIVOSTOK

Abstract

In modern conditions, constant monitoring of the level of physical development is necessary, as this is the diagnostic key of the risk of developing diseases and taking prevention activities. The screening data of the physical development of 832 senior schoolstudents and first-year students at Pacific State Medical University (434 young men and 398 girls) aged 15–18 years were used. The assessment of physical development was carried out with anthropometric and functional traits. The individual level of physical development is determined using the method of sigmal deviations. Statistical processing of materials was carried out using the software STATISTICA 13 and Excel (Microsoft Office 2010). Testing the hypothesis for the normal distribution of quantitative traits in groups was carried out using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, Kramer-von-Mises criteria and the Pearson χ² acceptance criterion. All the data arrays obeyed the normal distribution law. A statistically significant difference in the groups between the quantitative parameters under the condition of equality (homoscedasticity) of the variances was evaluated using the parametric Student’s t-test. The average values of the physical development of the youth of Vladivostok are established. Physiometric signs showed statistically significant differences between the mean values of the vital capacity of the lungs and the dynamometry of the right hand between young schoolboys and young male students, and the average values of the strength of the right arm of schoolgirls and female students. Most of the examined persons had a moderate physical development, but predominantly girls have a lack of body weight, and young male students are prone to obesity. Levels of life index and power indices below the norm are more than 50 % of respondents. The differences in statistical indicators are significant with a degree of significance of p < 0.05. The data obtained as a result of the research are necessary for the development of preventive programs to enhance the physical development and promote the health of the young generation.