Physical activity characteristics of female students with various diseases

A person's physical activity is one of the main non-drug means of improving and strengthening his health. The issues of the relationship of students' doing physical education at a special medical group weekly physical activity with the type of disease have not been sufficiently studied. The aim is to evaluate weekly physical activity, morphofunctional indicators and physical fitness of female students with various diseases in a year after the PE classes termination at the university. Materials and methods. During performing the research project 120 Russian girls aged 18-19, who had previously been engaged in physical education in a special medical group for 2 years were examined. Their weekly physical activity was studied using the IPAQ-SF questionnaire. The level of metabolic equivalent has been determined. The assessment of anthropometric, functional indicators of the cardiorespiratory system and motor qualities is given. Reserarch results. It was found that a year after the training sessions termination at the Department of Physical Culture, girls with visual diseases have the greatest weekly physical activity. The lowest level of metabolic equivalent was registered in girls with cardiovascular diseases and pathology of the respiratory system. They also have the lowest indicators of functional body fitness. Girls with cardiorespiratory pathology have the lowest values of physical fitness tests. Therefore, they have a risk of further deterioration of somatic health. Conclusion. A year after the compulsory PE classes termination at the university, female students with pathology of the cardiorespiratory system organs had the lowest indicators of weekly physical activity, the level of metabolic equivalent, morphofunctional indicators and motor qualities, compared with the results of girls' with other diseases screening. Until the end of compulsory PE classes, teachers of physical culture departments need to increase female students' motivation for physical activity, especially among girls with diseases of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems to improve the quality of health throughout life.