The State of Health of Women Aged 20-59 at Different Levels of Physical Activity

Nowak, Paweł F.; Ignasiak, Zofia

doi:10.2478/v10038-008-0005-8

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“…A comparison of the level of somatic development in study participants with results observed by other authors shows certain tendencies: younger women are taller, lighter, and have lower BMI values than older women [34,35,10].…”

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Effect of health resort treatment on the physical fitness of women assessed through the senior fitness test

Katan¹,

Kaczorowska²,

Ignasiak³

2013

Kinesiology

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SummaryIntroduction. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of health resort treatment on physical fitness in adult women.Material and methods: Study participants comprised 72 women living in cities, who underwent a threeweek treatment program at a health resort in Kudowa Zdrój. They were divided into two age groups. The first group included 35 women aged 45-54 and the second group included 32 women aged 55-64. Two assessments using the Senior Fitness Test were performed at the beginning and at the end of the treatment program. During the first assessment, the participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire about their lifestyles. The following parameters were selected for the purposes of this study: body mass, body height, and relative body mass index (BMI).Results: All trials of the Senior Fitness Test showed improvement in somatic parameters and physical fitness. The observed differences were statistically significant.Conclusions: Study participants had high mean values of BMI compared to the general Polish population. BMI values were higher in the second age group than in the first age group. The first age performed better than the other group in five trials of the Senior Fitness Test and the second group performed better in one of the trials. Undergoing a treatment program in a health resort improved the participants' physical fitness and somatic parameters. Therefore, we may conclude that rehabilitation and the health-benefitting climate of a health resort have a positive effect on physical fitness in women.

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Effect of health resort treatment on the physical fitness of women assessed through the senior fitness test

Katan¹,

Kaczorowska²,

Ignasiak³

2013

Kinesiology

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“…In the past, Cypriot women had different social roles than men but nowadays the gender roles are changing and female sporting activities became as acceptable as the male ones. Nevertheless, Cypriot PE graduates are well aware of the fact that a lifestyle dominated by over-consumption and lack of physical activity isolates people from their natural conditions and inhibits stimuli for proper psychophysical development [14]. This applies also to smoking; according to the Cypriot Statistical Service, as much as 23.9% of the population aged over 15 years smoked daily [20].…”

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“…Physical education at schools assists greatly in physical and mental well-being, training of healthy lifestyle, fighting against addictions, developing the right hygiene and has a very important role in recreation and rehabilitation [11]. Systematic and regular physical activity is an inseparable element of a healthy lifestyle, which in a definite and positive way affects one's state of health and life quality [14]. This is a fundamental theory which is learned from the beginning of physical education studies.…”

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Health awareness and sporting behaviour of qualified Cypriot physical education teachers

Christodoulou

2010

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: To assess the health awareness and sporting behaviour of qualified physical education (PE) teachers and the extent to which their health models are worth being followed. Material and methods: A survey was conducted on the entire Cypriot population (n = 1880) of PE graduates regardless of their actual job. A random sample (n = 531; 28.2%) was selected its main characteristics reflecting those of the total population. The active PE teachers were subjected to face-to-face interviews, those having other jobs responded by mail. The interview questionnaire contained closed, alternative, and open-ended questions. Results: Qualified PE graduates engaged in teaching or in sport-related jobs were the most active physically and had highest health awareness. Those, whose jobs were not sport-related, changed their attitudes towards healthy lifestyle and sports. Many of them would have preferred to have undertaken other, sport-unrelated studies. Yet, almost all subjects studied tried to motivate others to be involved in sport activities. Conclusions:The health awareness and sporting behaviour of PE-graduates was affected by their current jobs. In effect, those who applied for PE-teacher jobs were at risk of having their health-directed behaviours deteriorated before having got the job. This ought to be considered when designing in-or off-service training courses.

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“…Flexibility is an element of physical fitness, which particularly determines an individual's wholesomeness and independence [1]. Like other physical features, flexi bility may be trained at submaximal intensity (stretch ing), performed within the normal range of motion and slightly forcing for 4 to 6 seconds, or at the maximal intensity (flexibilizing), performed with discomfort on the pain threshold for at least 10 to 15 seconds.…”

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“…There fore, the aim of this study was to investigate changes in the performance levels of explosive force in young adult women when the same muscle group previously underwent flexibility exercises (stretch & flex) of diffe rent intensities. 1,4 mass 56.9 ± 1.1 kg) volunteered for the study. The in clusion criteria were the absence of lesions and the ability to perform vertical jumps and flexibility exer cises.…”

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Effects of Different Intensities of Flexibility Training on Explosive Force

Galdino¹,

Nogueira²,

Galdino³

et al. 2010

Human Movement

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Purpose. To verify whether there are changes in the performance levels of the explosive force when the same muscle group previously under went different intensities of flexibility training (stretch & flex). Basic procedures. The tests were performed with 25 females on three consecutive days and were preceded by a 10minute warmup period. First, each participant performed a maximum vertical jump on a contact platform. The jump was repeated after 10 minutes, and the first day was considered the control (C). On the second day, a routine of stretching exercises (S) was included, and on the third day, the same routine, but intensified with a maximum static stretching exercises (flexibilizing -F), was used. main findings. The height reached in the control jump decreased by 0.17%, showing no influence on the performance when the jump happened on the same day, with a timeinterval of only 10 minutes ( p = 0.903). On the day of the stretching routine, there was a reduction of 3.6% ( p = 0.001), and on the third day with flexibilizing, there was a 6.8% reduction ( p = 0.001). A comparison of the groups showed no significant differences between them. Conclusions. The jumps after the two stretching routines were significantly lower. Submaximal or maximal (flexibilizing) stretching exercises reduced the explosive force of vertical jumps, although the differences between the training intensities were not significant.

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The State of Health of Women Aged 20-59 at Different Levels of Physical Activity

Cited by 4 publications

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Effect of health resort treatment on the physical fitness of women assessed through the senior fitness test

Effect of health resort treatment on the physical fitness of women assessed through the senior fitness test

Health awareness and sporting behaviour of qualified Cypriot physical education teachers

Effects of Different Intensities of Flexibility Training on Explosive Force

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