Specificity of the Relationship Between the Volume of Physical Activity and the Physical Condition of 18-19-Year-Old Girls

Abstract

The article presents the results of the analysis of indicators of physical development, the functional state of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the level of physical performance and morbidity, the volume of physical activity and body composition of girls aged 18-19 years during the 2017-2018 academic year. Altogether 185 girls (n=185), whose average age was 18.8 years were involved in the research. The aim of the study was to identify the specificity of the relationship between the volume of physical activity and physical condition indicators of the girls aged 18-19 years during the study in a higher educational institution. When comparing the obtained average results characterizing the morpho-functional state of the girls aged 18-19 years with age norms, it was found that body length, body weight, girth body size and skin-fat folds are within the age range. Individual indicators of the volume of physical activity in girls indicate a significant predomination of the inactive lifestyle and low level of motor activity. Girls spend more time on sedentary, basic, and low level of physical activity, 546.6, 536.3, and 328.2 minutes, respectively. We have found that most of inverse correlation relationships are observed between the volume of physical activity and indicators of the morpho-functional state: body weight (-0.452 at p <0.001), body mass index (-0.443 at p <0.001), shoulder girth (- 0.581 at p <0.001), thigh girth (-0.525 at p <0.001), waist girth (-0.480 at p <0.001), pelvic girth (-0.412 at p <0.001), chest girth (-0.294 at p <0, 01), systolic blood pressure (-0.353 at p<0.001), heart rate at rest (-0.543 at p <0.001), Ruffier index (-0.394 at p <0.001).