Effect of Health Fitness on the State of Posture's Biogeometric Profile and Physical Preparedness of 36-45-Year-Old Men

Abstract

Correction and improvement of the biogeometric profile of the men’s posture in early middle age is one of the problems in the field of fitness, because this category of the population has the greatest work and life experience, which is of particular value to society as a whole. The purpose of the work was to study the effectiveness of the technology of correction of disorders in the biogeometric posture profile of mature men in the process of health fitness. Participants: 50 men of 35-45 years old engaged in physical activities. Methods: Visual screening of the biogeometric posture profile, tests of physical condition. Results: Such posture disorders as round back predominate among men aged 36–45 years: 36.4% were recorded among men aged 36–40 years, and 42.9% among men aged 41–45 years. The distribution of men aged 36–40 years showed that among those with normal posture, men with medium and high levels of biogeometric posture profile were distributed equally and their shares were 13.6%. Men in the early middle age have a tendency to a gradual decrease in the state of the biogeometric profile of posture, regardless of the type of disorders. A statistically significant effect of the level of the biogeometric profile of the posture of men aged 36-45 years on the endurance of abdominal muscles and flexibility of the hip joint and lumbar spine (p <0.05) was established. The technology for correction of biogeometric profile of the posture was developed. It consisted of three stages: involving, corrective, supportive and included conceptual, organizational diagnostic components and also the assessment of corrective and preventive measures effectiveness according to certain criteria. Conclusions: The use of the developed technology contributed to the increase of physical fitness of the men in early middle age: in the endurance of the abdominal muscles in the group of the men of 36-40 years old by 7.85 %, and in the group of the men of 41-45 years old by 7.83 % and positive changes in the mobility of the hip joint and lumbar spine in the both subgroups of men (p < 0.05). As a result of pedagogical experiment, the proportion of 36-40 years men with normal posture increased by 31.8% and in 41–45 years men by 17.9%. The state of the biogeometric profile of posture of men 36-45 years aging improved statistically significant in both frontal and sagittal planes after the experiment (p < 0.05).