ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: IMPACT OF ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm240410
Keywords: students, body type, level of physical performance

Abstract

Aim: to investigate the correlation between physical performance and anthropometric characteristics, including body type, in university students by means of the Harvard step test. Materials and methods. This study was conducted in 2023 involving 243 first-to-second-year students assigned to the main medical group and 56 male students from the special medical group (Department of Physical Education, Irkutsk National Research Technical University). Anthropometric measurements were taken using the P.N. Bashkirov method. Physical performance was assessed via the Harvard Step Test with the following protocol: the participant steps up onto and back down from the step for 5 minutes, and the total number of their heartbeats is counted from 2 to 2½, from 3 to 3½, and from 4 to 4½ minutes after finishing. Results. These results suggest a significant association between anthropometric characteristics and physical performance among university students. Conclusion. Our findings indicate that brachymorphic (41.8 %) and mesomorphic (37.5 %) body types predominate among university students. The majority of physical performance and health assessments correspond to the mean HST index (52.3 % – general exercise group; 44.6 % – special exercise group). This study underscores the need to tailor educational approaches to body types to optimize health benefits and academic outcomes.

Author Biographies

E. Salimgareeva , Irkutsk State Transport University, Irkutsk, Russia

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Education, Irkutsk State Transport University, Irkutsk, Russia.

V. Lebedinsky , Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Physical Education, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia.

O. Kuzmina , Irkutsk State Transport University, Irkutsk, Russia

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor Department of Physical Education, Irkutsk State Transport University, Irkutsk, Russia.

S. Galtsev , Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Professor Department of Physical Education, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia.

M. Kudryavtsev , Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Siberian Law Institute of the MIA of Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Physical Education, Siberian Federal University; Professor of the Department of Physical Education and Sports, Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Professor of the Department of Physical Training, Siberian Law Institute of the MIA of Russia, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

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Published
2025-03-05
How to Cite
Salimgareeva, E., Lebedinsky, V., Kuzmina, O., Galtsev, S., & Kudryavtsev, M. (2025). ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: IMPACT OF ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS. Human. Sport. Medicine, 24(4), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm240410
Issue
Vol 24 No 4 (2024)
Section
Sports training

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