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The Efficiency Model Of Goalkeeper’S Actions In Soccer, Andrzej Szwarc, Patrycja Lipinska, Michal Chamera Mar 2022

The Efficiency Model Of Goalkeeper’S Actions In Soccer, Andrzej Szwarc, Patrycja Lipinska, Michal Chamera

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this paper was to present cognitive models illustrating efficiency of the goalkeeper’s actions in soccer based on observation of play in selected matches of the Euro 2008 finals. Material/Methods: The observation method was used in the study. The play of both goalkeepers was analysed in 7 soccer matches in a cup phase of the European Championships which took place in Portugal in 2008. The data was recorded on the authors’ observation forms. Activity, effectiveness and reliability during both offensive and defensive actions were subject to this examination. Results: It was revealed that most actions of the …


Physical Performance, Body Composition And Body Balance In Relation To National Ranking Positions In Young Polish Tennis Players, Mateusz Karnia, Tomasz Garsztka, Mateusz Rynkiewicz, Tadeusz Rynkiewicz, Piotr Zurek, Marcin Luszczyk, Ewelina Sledziewska, Ewa Ziemann Mar 2022

Physical Performance, Body Composition And Body Balance In Relation To National Ranking Positions In Young Polish Tennis Players, Mateusz Karnia, Tomasz Garsztka, Mateusz Rynkiewicz, Tadeusz Rynkiewicz, Piotr Zurek, Marcin Luszczyk, Ewelina Sledziewska, Ewa Ziemann

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between body composition, aerobic capacity and the balance in young tennis players at rest and during fatigue triggered by an endurance test. Moreover, we tried to find the correlation between the tennis ranking position and the balance. Material/Methods: Well-trained 16 young tennis players (15 and 17 years old, singles national ranking 3-39, average training experience of 9 years) took part in this study. They were assigned to two groups according to their age – 15 TG and 17 TG. Participants completed the same battery of body composition, aerobic, and …


Changes Of Lactate Threshold During A Half-Year Training Cycle In “Arka Gdynia” Football Players, Wojciech Ignatiuk, Pawel Rompa, Lukasz Radziminski, Robert Dargiewicz, Zbigniew Jastrzebski Mar 2022

Changes Of Lactate Threshold During A Half-Year Training Cycle In “Arka Gdynia” Football Players, Wojciech Ignatiuk, Pawel Rompa, Lukasz Radziminski, Robert Dargiewicz, Zbigniew Jastrzebski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of this study was to assess lactate threshold changes during a halfyear training cycle in S.S.A. “Arka Gdynia” football team. Material/Methods: The research was conducted on a sample of 17 “Arka Gdynia” Football Club players. The subjects participated in premier league competitions in autumn 2009/10 season. Apart from league matches (17) the players took part in Remes Polish Cup (2 matches). Aerobic capacity tests were conducted at the beginning of the summer preparatory season (test 1 – 27th June 2009), during the competitive season (test 2 – 2nd September 2009) and at the beginning of the winter …


Preventing Osteoporosis Among Underweight And Obese Sedentary Young Women, Nasim Habibzadeh Mar 2022

Preventing Osteoporosis Among Underweight And Obese Sedentary Young Women, Nasim Habibzadeh

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of a walking program on bone mass density (BMD) among healthy obese and thin young girls. Material/Methods: Twenty untrained obese (n=10) and thin (n=10) girls, 20-25 years, volunteered to participate in this study. Before and after the training program both groups had an anthropometric measurement, a blood analysis and a BMD evaluation. Each walking session consisted of 30 minutes walking between 50-75% of maximal heart rate, 3 days per week for 2 months. Results: After the exercise program, BMD in both regions (hip (1.1%) and spine (L2- L4) …


Criteria Of Initial Selection Of Candidates For Artistic Gymnastics, Kazimierz Kochanowicz, Andrzej Kochanowicz Mar 2022

Criteria Of Initial Selection Of Candidates For Artistic Gymnastics, Kazimierz Kochanowicz, Andrzej Kochanowicz

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The effectiveness of the training process and the level of sports results largely depend on the selection of candidates with appropriate psycho-physical predispositions and the efficiency of the training system. Therefore, selection for artistic gymnastics must be based on coaches' thorough knowledge regarding physical development, interdependence of particular systems and analysers, motor skills and mental determinants. The aim of the study was to develop quantitative criteria of initial selection of candidates for artistic gymnastics. Material/Methods: The study material comprised 319 boys aged 6 qualified for gymnastic training at the Interschool Sports Club and the Academic Sports Association of the …


An Attempt At The Identification Of Anthropometric Conditioning Of Sport Results In 400-Metre Men’S Hurdles, Jakub Adamczyk, Marcin Siewierski, Dariusz Boguszewski Mar 2022

An Attempt At The Identification Of Anthropometric Conditioning Of Sport Results In 400-Metre Men’S Hurdles, Jakub Adamczyk, Marcin Siewierski, Dariusz Boguszewski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this work is to verify the opinions concerning the preferred somatic build and to define current parameters of the model of the sportsmaster in 400-metre hurdles. Material/Methods: Data about the height and the body mass of the best world competitors in 400-metre hurdles have been used in the research. Results were divided into three levels: below 48 s; 48.00–48.99 s and 49.00–49.99 s. For all groups the following indexes were defined: Rohrer’s, Quetelet I and Quetelet II. The dependence between the sports level and the somatic parameters were rated by means of the coefficient of Pearson’s …


An Application Of Incremental Running Test Results To Train Professional Soccer Players, Lukasz Radziminski, Pawel Rompa, Robert Dargiewicz, Wojciech Ignatiuk, Zbigniew Jastrzebski Mar 2022

An Application Of Incremental Running Test Results To Train Professional Soccer Players, Lukasz Radziminski, Pawel Rompa, Robert Dargiewicz, Wojciech Ignatiuk, Zbigniew Jastrzebski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of this study was to lay out an incremental running test to determine anaerobic threshold and its usefulness as a predictability factor of the physiological load on professional soccer players during soccer training activities. Material/Methods: Subjects performed multi-stage incremental running test at three time points throughout the soccer season on a synthetic soccer pitch to determine the lactate threshold. The initial speed was set at 2.8 m/s and increased by 0.4 m/s after each stage until termination. HR was recorded at 5-second intervals by the Polar heart rate monitor (Polar Electro, FIN) at the end of each …


Junior High School Pupils’ Opinions On The Content And Conduct Of Swimming Classes At School, Grzegorz Bielec Mar 2022

Junior High School Pupils’ Opinions On The Content And Conduct Of Swimming Classes At School, Grzegorz Bielec

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of the study was to recognize high school pupils’ opinions about the content of swimming classes, conducted within obligatory physical education lessons. Material/Methods: The experimental group consisted of 56 girls and 60 boys at the age of 14 (± 0.3). All of them were students of the second grade of public secondary schools. The fourth lesson of their obligatory physical education syllabus was conducted at the swimming pool. An anonymous survey was used as a tool. The survey questions referred to the quality and quantity of swimming exercises at the lesson as well as to methodological skills …


Relations Between Bioelectrical Muscles Activity And Isokinetic Strength Parameters In 17–19-Year-Old Judoists, Marcin Dornowski Mar 2022

Relations Between Bioelectrical Muscles Activity And Isokinetic Strength Parameters In 17–19-Year-Old Judoists, Marcin Dornowski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: Muscle strength as an element of preparation and sport competition is one of the most important aspects in technical and tactical efficiency. The aim of this study was to define the level of relation between bioelectrical muscle activity and isokinetic strength parameters in 17–19-year-old judoists. Material/Methods: 30 judo athletes (17–19-year-old) took part in the research. The research was conducted in Gdańsk Academy of Physical Education and Sport Laboratory during 2006–2008. In the research authors used: to evaluate the isokinetic strength level, ”Concept 2 Dyno” device was used in the research, along with surface summary electrical bio-potentials reading on EMG …


Effects Of Interval Training Of Maximal Effort Intensity, Henryk Norkowski, Anna Kuder, Tadeusz Hucinski, Stanislaw Przybylski Mar 2022

Effects Of Interval Training Of Maximal Effort Intensity, Henryk Norkowski, Anna Kuder, Tadeusz Hucinski, Stanislaw Przybylski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine changes in anaerobic capacity at 100% physical effort intensity in the examined people. Material/Methods: 12 male students from the University of Physical Education in Warsaw were subject to these examinations. The average age was 23.6 years, mean body height 178.7 cm, and body mass 80.6 kg. The experiment was carried out from 7th January to 8th March 2008. The experiment (one group) was carried out in two stages. The first stage had 25 training units on a cycloergometer within 5 weeks. The second stage was connected with controlling the obtained results …


Individualities Of Cardiorespiratory Responsiveness To Shifts In Respiratory Homeostasis And Physical Exercise In Homogeneous Groups Of High Performance Athletes, Viktor Mishchenko, Oksana Shynkaruk, Andrzej Suchanowski, Olena Lysenko, Tomasz Tomiak, Andrej Diachenko, Adam Korol Mar 2022

Individualities Of Cardiorespiratory Responsiveness To Shifts In Respiratory Homeostasis And Physical Exercise In Homogeneous Groups Of High Performance Athletes, Viktor Mishchenko, Oksana Shynkaruk, Andrzej Suchanowski, Olena Lysenko, Tomasz Tomiak, Andrej Diachenko, Adam Korol

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: It is known that high sports performances are based upon optimization of adaptation process. In order to achieve the above, one should provide a maximal account of individual vivid features of athlete's abilities, peculiarities of his/her physiological reactivity. The aim was to study individualities of sensitivity to shifts in respiratory homeostasis and responsiveness to high intensity physical exercises in homogeneous groups of high performance endurance athletes. Material/Methods: Individual peculiarities of the cardiorespiratory system (CRS) physiological reactivity were evaluated in 118 high performance endurance athletes (cyclists, runners and rowers) aged 20-27 years (competing regularly in sports for 6.8 ± 1.1 …


Cardiorespiratory Responses To Submaximal Exercise In 16-18-Year-Old Trained And Untrained Boys, Marcin Luszczyk, Ewa Ziemann, Tomasz Grzywacz, Radoslaw Laskowski, Anna Szczesna-Kaczmarek Mar 2022

Cardiorespiratory Responses To Submaximal Exercise In 16-18-Year-Old Trained And Untrained Boys, Marcin Luszczyk, Ewa Ziemann, Tomasz Grzywacz, Radoslaw Laskowski, Anna Szczesna-Kaczmarek

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of this study was to compare chosen parameters and coefficients characterizing the action of the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system at a low level of a cycloergometric exercise in young boys practicing handball and their untrained peers. In the present study we searched for an answer to questions concerning the influence of physical training on children’s organism in progressive youth development. Material/Methods: The technique of parallel groups was used: the experimental one (boys training handball, n=12) and the control one (not trained boys, n=58). The developmental age of the subjects was evaluated by percentile charts. A …


Selected Socio-Educational And Personal Aspects Of Conditioning Attitudes Of Fair Play In Sport, Artur Ziolkowski, Wojciech Saklak, Piotr Wlodarczyk Mar 2022

Selected Socio-Educational And Personal Aspects Of Conditioning Attitudes Of Fair Play In Sport, Artur Ziolkowski, Wojciech Saklak, Piotr Wlodarczyk

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: It is becoming more realistic in sport to experience and achieve certain qualities that create 'the highest good'. One of the conditions of this transgression is to obey categorically the rules of fair play. Material/Methods: This paper describes personal, social and educational determinants of moral values represented by young athletes. 212 young sportsmen were selected for purposes of this research. They were students from schools with religious and sports background. Results: The results of the research show the relation between levels of morality of fair play in sport and preferred attitudes as well as educational and religious influence of …


Changes In The Prevalence Of Excessive And Deficient Body Weight Among Pomeranian Youth In The Years 1979, 1989, And 1999, Anna Lysak, Janusz Dobosz, Jozef Drabik Mar 2022

Changes In The Prevalence Of Excessive And Deficient Body Weight Among Pomeranian Youth In The Years 1979, 1989, And 1999, Anna Lysak, Janusz Dobosz, Jozef Drabik

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The analysis presented in this paper aimed to identify trends in the prevalence of the two extremes of body fat disorders over a period of 20 years (1979–1999) and to form a comparative basis for further studies of physical development of the youth of the Pomerania region. Material/Methods: The study population consisted of 23,854 boys and girls aged 7 to 18 years attending schools in rural and urban areas in the Pomerania administrative region. An overweight and underweight population was identified based on the body mass index (BMI) according to WHO, CDC and the Mother and Child Institute recommendations. …


Quantitative And Qualitative Analysis Of International Standing In Group Competition In The Sport Of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Anna Kwitniewska, Marcin Dornowski, Anita Hökelmann Mar 2022

Quantitative And Qualitative Analysis Of International Standing In Group Competition In The Sport Of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Anna Kwitniewska, Marcin Dornowski, Anita Hökelmann

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: Until now, analyses gave no information about the numerous quantitative parameters that might affect the level of performance of a group composition. The research was undertaken with a more advanced computer program to analyze competitive performance using the performance parameters such as space parameters, running path, throwing distances, movement network, arrangement forms, etc. during the 2008 Baltic Rhythmic Gymnastics Cup (Senior) in order to find which quantitative and qualitative criteria distinguish the performance of the best teams. Material/Methods: Videos from the Baltic Rhythmic Gymnastics Cup 2008 in Poland were analyzed. In the final analysis results of national teams from …


Defensive Actions Of Contestants During Polish Judo Championships In The Years 2005-2008, Dariusz Boguszewski Mar 2022

Defensive Actions Of Contestants During Polish Judo Championships In The Years 2005-2008, Dariusz Boguszewski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The objective of this work was to define and determine the effectiveness of defensive actions applied in judo fighting. Material/Methods: The study was based on video and DVD recordings of fights during Polish Championship finals in the years 2005-2008. Actions of female and male contestants participating in the total of 56 fights were analyzed (to an accuracy of 10-second periods of time). All actions: attacks, counter-attacks and defense without counter-attack were recorded and their effectiveness, preparatory actions, breaks and referees’ decisions were analyzed. Altogether 69 fights of female and male contestants were subject to analysis. According to the author’s …


The Level Of Aerobic And Anaerobic Capacity And The Results Of A Special Mobility Fitness Test Of Female Judo Contestants, Beata Wolska, Valerij Smulskij, Wladyslaw Jagiello Mar 2022

The Level Of Aerobic And Anaerobic Capacity And The Results Of A Special Mobility Fitness Test Of Female Judo Contestants, Beata Wolska, Valerij Smulskij, Wladyslaw Jagiello

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this work is to determine the correlation between the indexes of the special fitness test and the parameters of aerobic and anaerobic capacities of women judo competitors during the preparation to the competitive period. Material/Methods: In the research presented in the paper the level of aerobic and anaerobic capacity and the results of a special mobility fitness test of female judo contestants, either members of the Olympic and National Teams or their immediate reserves, was determined (n=11). In order to assess the aerobic capacity a test with increasing load until the refusal to continue the test …


Specifics Of Ventilatory And Heart Rate Chemosensitivity Related To Special Endurance Capacity In High Performance Alpinists And Endurance Athletes, Viktor Mishchenko, Anatoly Pavlik, Andrzej Suchanowski Mar 2022

Specifics Of Ventilatory And Heart Rate Chemosensitivity Related To Special Endurance Capacity In High Performance Alpinists And Endurance Athletes, Viktor Mishchenko, Anatoly Pavlik, Andrzej Suchanowski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim was to compare ventilatory and heart rate chemosensitivity to hypoxia and hypercapnia in homogenous groups of high performance alpinists and endurance athletes and its relation to special work endurance. Material/Methods: Thirty-two male best national alpinists (30.7±2.7 yrs, VO2max 63.7±1.9 ml. kg-1,min-1, 14.3±2.4 yrs of experience) and 24 high performance male road cyclists of national team (25.7±1.1 yrs, VO2max 74.5±1.5 ml.kg-1,min-1, 11.2±1.4 yrs of experience) were examined by isocapnic progressive hypoxia and CO2 rebreathing tests. Maximal oxygen uptake, lung ventilation and heart rate peak responses were measured in an incremental ergometric test at sea level. Special work capacity …


Kinematic Tactics In The Women's 800 M Freestyle Swimming Final At The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Patrycja Lipińska Mar 2022

Kinematic Tactics In The Women's 800 M Freestyle Swimming Final At The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Patrycja Lipińska

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this study was to obtain knowledge on tactics of long distance swimming at the highest women professional level. Material/Methods: Eight swimmers, finalists of 800 m distance of freestyle of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games were examined. The distribution of velocity of swimming for the entire distance based on 50 m segments was analyzed. Partial, halves and quarters velocity, speed indexes and linear and nonlinear regression equations were calculated. Results: It was revealed that better swimmers (placed 1–3) had their distribution of swimming as an ascending line and with very small difference between segmental velocity and that …


Special Fitness And The Effectiveness Of Technical Preparation In Gymnastic Vault Event In Athletes At The Directed Stage, Andrzej Kochanowicz, Kazimierz Kochanowicz, Stanislaw Sawczyn Mar 2022

Special Fitness And The Effectiveness Of Technical Preparation In Gymnastic Vault Event In Athletes At The Directed Stage, Andrzej Kochanowicz, Kazimierz Kochanowicz, Stanislaw Sawczyn

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of the study was to determine the correlation between individual profiles of leading traits of special fitness with athletes' technical preparation in the gymnastic vault event at the directed stage of training. Material/Methods: The study involved 60 gymnasts aged 11-13 practising artistic gymnastics at the stage of directed training. The study was carried out in laboratory, training and sports competition conditions in years 2003 – 2007. Results: An analysis of results enabled determining the most informative indices having a significant relation with the sports results in gymnastic vault. Quantitative criteria of special fitness and technical preparation in …


A Pattern Of Efficiency Of Actions In Soccer Based On Observations Of The European Championships 2008 Finals, Andrzej Szwarc Mar 2022

A Pattern Of Efficiency Of Actions In Soccer Based On Observations Of The European Championships 2008 Finals, Andrzej Szwarc

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this work was to present a model which shows the efficiency of the actions in the game of soccer, based on observations of 7 final tournament matches during the European Championships in 2008. The successful teams were analyzed from the quarterfinals to the final match. Activity, effectiveness and reliability, during both offensive and defensive actions, were subject to this examination. Material/Methods: The material consisted of the audio-visual records gathered from 7 matches which had been played in the final tournament in the 2008 European Championships. The gathered data was put on the special observation sheet in …


Aspects Of Athletic Training Management Of The Fittest Lithuanian Skiers-Racers, Algirdas Čepulėnas Mar 2022

Aspects Of Athletic Training Management Of The Fittest Lithuanian Skiers-Racers, Algirdas Čepulėnas

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of the research was to analyse the system of athletic training management of the fittest Lithuanian skiers - members of the Olympic national team and to establish the peculiarities of the changes in the skiers’ sports performance in the perennial training process. Material/Methods: The complex studies of Lithuanian skiers were carried out three times during an annual training cycle. The study analyses the indices of training loads, physical working capacity and the functional capacity of the organisms of Lithuanian Olympic national team skiers I. T (female), A. N (male) and M. S. (male). We present methods of …


Quantitative And Qualitative Evaluation Of Motor Coordination Abilities In Gymnast Girls Aged 7–9 Years, Kazimierz Kochanowicz, Lola Brygida Boraczynska, Tomasz Boraczynski Mar 2022

Quantitative And Qualitative Evaluation Of Motor Coordination Abilities In Gymnast Girls Aged 7–9 Years, Kazimierz Kochanowicz, Lola Brygida Boraczynska, Tomasz Boraczynski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of the paper was to build evaluation criteria of selected motor coordination abilities, useful in optimization of training in young gymnast girls, at the initial stage of sport training. Material/Methods: 18 gymnast girls aged 7–9 years old from the Sports School in Olsztyn took part in this study. In order to evaluate selected motor coordination abilities, three tests were used. The first test was taken on dynamometric platform on which subjects performed the Ellipsis test four times. This test is based on controlling the position of the centre of body mass using a dynamometric platform. The tested …


Anaerobic Power And Dependence On Chosen Anthropometric Parameters In Young Handball Players, Marcin Luszczyk, Radoslaw Laskowski, Ewa Ziemann, Tomasz Grzywacz, Anna Szczesna-Kaczmarek Mar 2022

Anaerobic Power And Dependence On Chosen Anthropometric Parameters In Young Handball Players, Marcin Luszczyk, Radoslaw Laskowski, Ewa Ziemann, Tomasz Grzywacz, Anna Szczesna-Kaczmarek

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The main aim of the present study was an attempt to answer the enquiries concerning the influence of physical training on morphological changes (anthropometric indicators), capability of anaerobic work and their interactions with a natural development of youth in pubertal and post-pubertal age. Material/Methods: The technique of parallel groups was used: experimental (handball trained [TR]) and control (not trained [NT]). The research period comprised two consecutive years. Once per year selected somatic parameters, body composition, biological age, and anaerobic parameters were determined by means of 30 s Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT). Results: Results have shown the high intensity of …


The Features Of Functional Capabilities Of Elite Basketball Players Related To Game Function, Olena Lysenko Mar 2022

The Features Of Functional Capabilities Of Elite Basketball Players Related To Game Function, Olena Lysenko

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The features of functional capacities of elite basketball players related to game functions (players of various lines) have been analyzed on the basis of evaluation of the physiological reactivity characteristics It has been assumed that some specific characteristics are related to efficient competitive activity and are manifestations of endurance: power of cardiorespiratory system (CRS), economy, mobility, stability and ability to realize the potential of the system for specific workload. Material/Methods: Twenty nine elite male basketball players were examined during the competitive period of training. For the analysis of CRS response to physical exercises the complex of the tests for …


The Fate Of Potassium Ions Released From Contractile Muscle During Repeated Supramaximal Exercise, Anna Szczesna-Kaczmarek Mar 2022

The Fate Of Potassium Ions Released From Contractile Muscle During Repeated Supramaximal Exercise, Anna Szczesna-Kaczmarek

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The purpose of this paper was to examine the fate of K+ released from contracting muscles during supramaximal exercise repeated three times, which is known to be associated with a large efflux of K+ and lactate into plasma. Material/Methods: Nineteen healthy students of physical education volunteered for the study. All participants performed 30s Wingate Anaerobic Test three times with 7 min rest break. During the exercise test indices of anaerobic capacity were assessed. Parameters characterizing acid base status and potassium ion concentration in plasma, whole blood and erythrocytes were measured before the exercise test, during each break between bouts …


Changes Related To Fatigue In Cardiorespiratory Response Sensitivity To Hypoxic And Hypercapnic Stimulation During Strenuous Physical Load, Viktor Mishchenko, Andrzej Suchanowski, Olena Lysenko Mar 2022

Changes Related To Fatigue In Cardiorespiratory Response Sensitivity To Hypoxic And Hypercapnic Stimulation During Strenuous Physical Load, Viktor Mishchenko, Andrzej Suchanowski, Olena Lysenko

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim was to study changes in the sensitivity of CRS responses of skilled athletes caused by fatigue during a strenuous physical load. Material/Methods: Response sensitivity to hypoxic and hypercapnic stimuli was analyzed in a group of high performance rowers (n=12) aged 18-22 years during exercising on “Concept-II” rowing ergometer. Two types of loads were used: sustained intensive load at high oxygen consumption (78-83% of VO2max) and relatively easier load (49-62% of VO2max) performed within 5 minutes. The method of rebreathing was used to determine responses sensitivity to СО2. Results: The results showed an increase in respiratory response sensitivity …


Allelic Polymorphism Of Endothelial No-Synthase (Enos) Association With Exercise-Induced Hypoxia Adaptation, Svitlana B. Drozdovska, Victor E. Dosenko, Vladimir N. Ilyin, Mykhailo M. Filippov, Ludmila M. Kuzmina Mar 2022

Allelic Polymorphism Of Endothelial No-Synthase (Enos) Association With Exercise-Induced Hypoxia Adaptation, Svitlana B. Drozdovska, Victor E. Dosenko, Vladimir N. Ilyin, Mykhailo M. Filippov, Ludmila M. Kuzmina

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of the study is to define the possibility of usage of the gene eNOS polymorphisms as molecular-genetic markers of athletes’ resistance to exercise-induced hypoxia. 127 highly qualified athletes were examined (30 persons are underwater finswimmers, 41 – rowers and 56 sportsmen who practice speed and power track and field exercises). The frequency of promotor polymorphisms and the 7th exon of the eNOS gene in athletes engaged in finswimming and throwing has been studied. The comparative analysis of the obtained data with the frequency of allel variants of the eNOS gene has been carried out in athletes engaged …


Accuracy Of “S Health” Pedometer Application During Walking And Stair Climbing, Mateja Šinkovec, Darja Rugelj Mar 2022

Accuracy Of “S Health” Pedometer Application During Walking And Stair Climbing, Mateja Šinkovec, Darja Rugelj

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The S Health application provides an estimate of the amount of physical activity by measuring the number of steps during activities. The purpose was to assess the accuracy of step-counting with different smartphones using the S Health step counting application at long and short walking distances, and stair climbing. Material and methods: 26 participants (aged 28.85 ± 4.85 years) conducted three tests: 20-step test, 60-step stair test, and 6-minute walk test. Three smartphones models of the latest generation and two models of an earlier one were assessed. The StepWatch pedometer was used as a criterion. Results: Only one phone …


Different Forms Of Swimmers’ Final Weeks Pre-Competition Preparation, Kamil Sokolowski, Marek Strzala, Arkadiusz Stanula Mar 2022

Different Forms Of Swimmers’ Final Weeks Pre-Competition Preparation, Kamil Sokolowski, Marek Strzala, Arkadiusz Stanula

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

The pre-competition training phase is a period that precedes the main competition. Combined training phases of overload training (OT) and taper (TP) create the most popular pattern of final form preparation among the swimmers despite the methodology difficulties faced by coaches. In the IPC, the duration and training load were strictly set. The main purpose of training in the IPC is to cause a substantial supercompensation effect by the high volume and capacity of the training. However, high volume and intensity fluctuations typical of the IPC may cause performance regression due to overtraining and exhaustion. The main aim of the …