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Sports Background and Selected Features of Biological Condition in Life Quality of Women over 55
Weronika Stodółka
orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-1651
; Department of Biostructure, Univesity School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Poland
Jarosław Domaradzki
orcid.org/0000-0001-8057-3033
; Department of Biostructure, Univesity School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Poland
Sažetak
Population aging is a trend of the 21st century. Correctly administered, physical exercise is believed to significantly influence and modify the aging process, and remarkably decrease deterioration of the psycho-physical condition. The aim of this study was to verify if (and how) competitive sports practiced by women in their youth have influence on their physical fitness and life-quality in adulthood and old age. The study included 94 women who declared leading or having lead a physically active lifestyle (49 women did sports in the past, while 45 of them were physically non-active in their youth). Physical fitness resulting from former sport activity was analyzed with the Rikli&Jones test. Significantly better results were obtained by the group of former competitors in the bending forward and walking test. There is a close correspondence between doing sport in the past and mineral bone density, good subjective health evaluation and motor organ diseases. The approach to subjective health evaluation was much better in women who did sport in the past despite their significantly higher prevalence to motor organ diseases. Osteoarticular and muscle disorders may be the negative results of sport performance in the past.
Ključne riječi
physical activity; practicing sport in the past; women; biological condition; physical efficiency
Hrčak ID:
205612
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.4.2018.
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