Adaptation of Foreign Students to Sharply Continental Climate of the Volgograd Region

This article is about the adaptative reactions of the cardiovascular system of foreign students from the warm countries to the sharp continental climate of the Volgograd region. The research includes the assessment of anthropometrical data of physical development, parameters of hemodynamics in the conditions of operational rest and the state of functional test (active orthostatic test). A foreign students insufficiency of physical development, deficiency of body mass is noted. Amongst them, persons with asthenic type of constitution prevail. In a condition of operational rest, a foreign students increase in systolic blood pressure and decrease coefficient of endurance of cardiovascular system which confirms work of a myocardium in tension mode is revealed. In the state of orthostatic test, multidirectional changes of systolic blood pressure, increase in diastolic blood pressure and sharp decrease in pulse pressure were noted indicating tension and instability of cardiovascular system activity. Functional adaptation of foreign students to climate-geographical factors of the Volgograd region is complicated by influence of complex social factors which are connected with new living conditions and increase in educational activity in the university.