Open AccessComprehensive Assessment of Step Aerobics Exercises Effect on Women’s Physical Performance and Physical Health
Author(s) -
Irina Maslyak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
teorìâ ta metodika fìzičnogo vihovannâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.271
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1993-7997
pISSN - 1993-7989
DOI - 10.17309/tmfv.2015.1.1110
Subject(s) - anthropometry , club , physical fitness , physical therapy , test (biology) , physical activity , psychology , gerontology , physical health , spirometry , medicine , paleontology , biology , asthma , anatomy , mental health , psychotherapist
Objective: To identify the dynamics of physical performance and physical health indicators in young and middle-aged women under the effect of step aerobics exercises.Material and methods. The grounds for the study were Kharkiv fitness club “Zorianyi”. The participants were 28 women aged 20-35. The study used the following methods: theoretical analysis of scientific and methodical literature, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics, methods of determining physical performance (Harvard step test) and physical health (anthropometry, pulsometry, tonometry, spirometry, dynamometry).Results: The study assessed the level of physical performance and physical health; analyzed age-related performance differences; determined the level of the effect of step aerobics on women’s physical performance and physical health.Conclusions: Step-aerobics exercises proved to have a positive effect on the level of physical performance and physical health of the young and middle-aged women.