Fitness Skills of University Students – As Exemplified by Tourism and Recreation and Physiotherapy Students

Lewandowski, Andrzej; Kowalik, Tomasz; Śmiglewska, Mirosława; Sarwińska, Jadwiga; Klawe, Jacek J.; Zalewski, Paweł

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“…Limited data and empiric experience indicate adverse effects on changes in fitness composition and level of performance in the work role, caused by lifestyle changes and secular trends in anthropometric parameters [ 3 – 5 ]. The available literature highlights that physiotherapy students have a similar or higher level of physical fitness compared to other students [ 6 – 8 ]. Our study demonstrates more advantageous fitness parameters in physiotherapy undergraduates [ 9 – 12 ] even though the majority of them take the course at universities other than physical education universities.…”

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10‐Year Longitudinal Changes in Fitness Parameters in Physiotherapy Students

Lewandowski

Sarwińska

Siedlaczek

et al. 2020

BioMed Research International

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Introduction. The aim of this study is to examine changes in the chosen morphological characteristics, motor conditioning, and coordination skills in physiotherapy undergraduates at a medical university in Bydgoszcz in the first decade of the millennium. We assume prevalence of a secular trend in values of morphological characteristics; however, characteristics of motor skills, particularly fitness levels, will remain relatively unchanged. Materials and Methods. The study included young people studying physiotherapy at the medical university of Bydgoszcz 2001-2010. Basic morphological features, including waist and hip circumferences, were measured, and BMI and WHR were calculated. The Cooper test and marching over a distance of two kilometers were employed to determine endurance; right and left spinning coordination was assessed by Starosta test. Calculated Mollison indicators were used in the evaluation of dimorphic differences in subsequent observation time. Statistics. Data are presented as mean with the standard deviation. Groupwise comparison was performed with Student’s t-test and linear relationships with Pearson’s r. Linear covariance models (ANCOVA) were built as theoretical models. Statistical significance was set at alfa=0.05. Based on the correlation between the data and the corresponding normal score used, the Shapiro-Wilk test is the best choice for testing the normality of data. Variables were excluded if they exceeded the tolerance level for multicollinearity. Analysis was performed with Statistica 10. Results. The study demonstrated a rising number of male students (from 13,3% to 39,2%, chi2=10,13; p=0,001) and a decrease in age of students overall but no significant changes (from 22,25±0,75 to 20,42±1,7; F=32,9; p<0,001) in their morphological characteristics and their dimorphic differences (average results for males: BMI, from 22,25±1,94 to 26,27±3,56; WHR index, from 0,78±0,06 to 0,85±0,06; average results for females: BMI, from 20,79±2,11 to 22,19±3,83; WHR index, from 0,7±0,04 to 0,75±0,15). An overall improvement in endurance was found; however, coordination, especially amongst women, had deteriorated (turn right, from 377,1±48,1 to 343,1±23,3; turn left, from 375,0±5,61 to 345,6±43,1). We observed multidirectional changes in the analyzed motor skills and most of them were statistically significant. Conclusions. Longitudinal study of physiotherapy students revealed no differences in morphological and dimorphic characteristics and multimodal changes in assessed motor skills, thus highlighting a need for further research into the identification of their causes. Moreover, a requirement for entry motor skills assessment and curriculum reorientation towards delivery of a broader scope of physical education was suggested.

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10‐Year Longitudinal Changes in Fitness Parameters in Physiotherapy Students

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Sarwińska

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“…From the research on the physical tness of physiotherapy students, it is known that it differs from that of students at physical education universities and other universities undertaking education in this eld. Some of its components deteriorate [12][13][14][15][16]. However, most of the scienti c reports on changes in physical tness come from cross-sectional and comparative studies and less often from long-term studies of secular trends.…”

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Changes in the components of physical fitness determining health of young adults - on the example of a long-term observation of physiotherapy students from Bydgoszcz (Poland) in the years 2001-2020

Lewandowski,

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Piekorz

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Introduction The aim of the study was to assess the changes in the components of physical fitness that are conducive to the health of young people surveyed in the years 2001–2020. Hypotheses were formulated about the increase in the thickness of skinfolds, especially among women, the deterioration of the results of fitness tests and the lack of conditioning of the examined changes with socio-economic factors. Materials and methods Every year, physiotherapy students of Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) were examined in terms of body height and weight, skinfolds and flexibility, static strength, abdominal muscle strength, functional strength and endurance. Results were obtained from 1161 female students and 464 male students. Results A similar changes course was observed for most of the studied characteristics of people of both sexes. In men, there was a decrease in biceps skinfold (R2 = 0.455, p = 0.002) and lower leg (R2 = 0.314, p = 0.015). In women, there was an increase in body weight (R2 = 0.41, p = 0.003), a decrease in skinfold over the biceps (R2 = 0.477, p = 0.001) and worsened flexibility (R2 = 0.283, p = 0.023). It was found that male sex and suprailiac skinfold are frequent predictors of the examined motor characteristics and socioeconomic determinants do not significantly affect their maintenance. Conclusions The obtained results, except for a few examples in somatic features and flexibility of women, showed their stability and lack of conditioning by social factors as well as by the fitness test. Attention to the appropriate level of the observed components is justified, especially in the light of the identified trace of the trend which shows their deterioration.

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Zróżnicowanie poziomu sprawności fizycznej oraz parametrów somatycznych studentów kierunku turystyki i rekreacji wybranych krakowskich szkół wyższych

Lipecki

Kukla

2018

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Celem pracy było określenie poziomu sprawności fizycznej oraz parametrów somatycznych studentów kierunku turystyki i rekreacji wybranych krakowskich szkół wyższych. Łączenie zbadano 194 studentów (151 kobiet oraz 43 mężczyzn) z Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie (63 kobiety, 17 mężczyzn), Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie (42 kobiety) oraz Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie (46 kobiet, 26 mężczyzn). Zmierzono wysokość i masę ciała oraz obwody talii i bioder osób biorących udział w badaniu, a także oszacowano procentową zawartość wody i tłuszczu w organizmie (waga TANITA model BC-1000). Poziom sprawności fizycznej określono za pomocą europejskiego testu sprawności fizycznej (EUROFIT). Na podstawie badań ujawniono, że studentów i studentki kierunku turystyki i rekreacji krakowskich szkół wyższych cechuje na ogół odpowiedni dla zdrowia poziom parametrów

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Fitness Skills of University Students – As Exemplified by Tourism and Recreation and Physiotherapy Students

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10‐Year Longitudinal Changes in Fitness Parameters in Physiotherapy Students

10‐Year Longitudinal Changes in Fitness Parameters in Physiotherapy Students

Changes in the components of physical fitness determining health of young adults - on the example of a long-term observation of physiotherapy students from Bydgoszcz (Poland) in the years 2001-2020

Zróżnicowanie poziomu sprawności fizycznej oraz parametrów somatycznych studentów kierunku turystyki i rekreacji wybranych krakowskich szkół wyższych

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