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Comparative analysis of physical development of students from different cities of Russia

Sineva I.M. (1), Negasheva M.A. (1), Popov Yu. M. (2)

1) Lomonosov Moscow State University, biological faculty, department of anthropology, Moscow; 2) Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Samara

Negasheva Marina A., PhD., D.Sc., negasheva@mail.ru; Sineva Irina M., PhD., i-sineva@yandex.ru; Popov Yu. M., kafedra_afgch@mail.ru.

Abstract

In this study, we assessed the level of physical development and adaptive capacities of students from various Russian cities. We used data from complex anthropological studies of Moscow, Arkhangelsk, Saransk, and Samara students. A total number of participants is 822 people (365 men and 457 women) aged 17–23. We used anthropometry (height and weight, thorax circumference), cardiovascular system characteristics (systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate) and hand muscle strength (dynamometry). Evaluation of physical development is based on V.E. Deryabin’s method. R.M. Baevsky method is used for adaptive capacity and E.A. Pirogova method for the level of the functional state. Modern young adults have similar overall body sizes in different Russian cities (mean height for men is 177.3 cm, for women – 164.5 cm; mean weight is 71.7 kg and 57.4 kg for men and women respectively). However, Moscow residents are the tallest (mean height is 179.1 for men cm and 166.2 cm for women), and they also have lowest levels of strength. Physical development of Moscow youth didn’t change much in 15 years (2002–2016), about a third of participants have a medium level of it. There are more students with high and higher than average levels of functional state and fewer students with insufficient adaptation in Moscow and Samara comparing to Arkhangelsk and Saransk. Thus young adults living in cities with population more than a million people show better levels of physical development and adaptive capacities than young adults of Saransk and Arkhangelsk probably due to the complex socio-economic conditions.

Keywords

anthropology; physical development of youth; adaptive potential; level of functional state;, morphofunctional indices of the organism

DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2017.4.017-027

Цит.: Sineva I.M., Negasheva M.A., Popov Yu. M. Comparative analysis of physical development of students from different cities of Russia // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2017; 4/2017; с. 17-27