Comparative characteristics of the physical condition of students in the main and special health groups

the presented article provides an experimental substantiation of the methodology for examining the physical health of students using traditional and innovative methods. Based on the results of tests that have proven themselves through many years of repeated use, an unsatisfactory state of health of students was revealed. The use of an innovative testing method with a TANITA body composition analyzer (bioimpedance meter) confirms the data on the health of the subjects obtained by traditional methods. Thus demonstrating its validity as a method. During the testing process, the results of multiple physical tests were obtained to assess the state of the respiratory, circulatory, nervous, musculoskeletal systems of the human body. When evaluating which it was possible to identify average indicators and reliably determine the general health of students of St. Petersburg State University of Printing Arts. A significant superiority in the level of health of students belonging to the main medical group over students from a special medical group was revealed. Significant deviations in the health of students of the main and special medical groups were established. In the process of processing the obtained data, the effectiveness of the body composition testing method on the TANITA analyzer was revealed, and the possibility of its application (as well as similar methods) in examining the health status of students. Conclusions were formed about the need for the widespread introduction of modern technological methods for examining health status.

students, health status, research methods, body composition, TANITA