REGULARITIES OF CHANGES OF PERIMETER PARAMETERS OF MALE CADETS IN CONDITIONS OF TEACHING-EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Objective : to determine the features of the changes of perimeter body sizes of male cadets in the conditions of the pedagogical process at a higher educational institution of I level of accreditation. Material and methods . We have conducted longitudinal (I, II, III years of study) determination of perimeter body sizes of 87 male cadets and analyzed the features of the changes in these parameters in the conditions of the pedagogical process during a three-year period. The analysis of the indicators was conducted using «Statistica», 6.1 (StatSoft) by parametric methods of assessment. Results. Based on the obtained data we have defined the characteristic features of the annual changes of the perimeter body parameters during the three-year period of study in conditions of the pedagogical process of a civil defense college. We have determined the increase dynamics of most of the average indicators throughout the period of study at the civil defense college, except for the perimeters of the neck, pelvis and abdomen, where the decrease of the sizes has been found. Conclusions. We have revealed reliable differences when comparing the annual changes of the perimeters of the pelvis, abdomen, thorax (during a breathing pause, inhale, exhale), the shoulder, forearm, hand, thigh, upper third of the leg, the instep of the foot. The annual changes of perimeter sizes of the neck, pelvis and abdomen in the male cadets during the second year of training were bigger than during the first one. The perimeter increase parameters of the chest (during a breathing pause, inhale, exhale), shoulder, forearm, wrist, hand, hip, upper and lower third of the leg, foot, the instep of foot in the male cadets dominated when they were in the first year of study.