ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Comparative assessment of physical development of schoolchildren and children involved in swimming

About authors

Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Mikhail Yu. Gavryushin
ul. Chapaevskaya, 89, Samara, 443099, Russia; ur.umsmas@nihsuyrvag.uy.m

About paper

Financing: the study was supported by the Grant of the Russian President (МК-5809.2021.3).

Author contribution: Abdalova SR — study initiator; Sazonova OV, Gavryushin MYu — academic advising; Hamtsova RV — processing of results, manuscript editing; Tupikova DS, Frolova OV — collection of data, preparation of results; Nurdina MS — literature analysis, manuscript preparation.

Compliance with ethical standards: the research was approved by the Ethics Commission of the Samara State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (protocol No. 9 as of Sept. 24, 2022). Voluntary informed consent was obtained for every participant (legal representative).

Received: 2022-10-23 Accepted: 2022-11-25 Published online: 2023-01-13
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Health of children and adolescents is an essential criterion of well-being of the society. Monitoring of health among children is impossible without assessment of physical development of children and adolescents. Individual-based analysis of anthropometric characteristics is required to develop personalized preventive activities. Considering different levels of physical load of schoolchildren in case of a disturbed nutritional status, an approach to body mass constituent study that deviates from the normal values requires examination. The study purpose was to assess physical development and component composition in schoolchildren during a medical examination and in children involved in classic swimming at a sports club in the city of Samara. The study object involved children studying at a general educational institution and not engaged in any sports sections (first group), and children involved in classic swimming at a sports club in Samara (second group. Significant differences in basic values of body composition were found during the conducted study of physical development and component composition of schoolchildren who do not go in for sports and junior athletes.

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