STRUCTURAL MODEL OF THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS OF DIFFERENT MEDICAL GROUPS

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to determine the structure of the model of the physical condition of primary school pupils depending on the medical groups. Material. The study involved 180 children aged 7 to 10 years, assigned to different medical groups by health status, studying in schools in Kyiv. Factor analysis was used as a modeling method. The study used research methods such as theoretical research methods (analysis of literature, study of medical records), pedagogical research methods (assessment of indicators and indices of physical development and functional status of major body systems using common in the practice of physical education and age physiology indicators and indices, testing of physical fitness using a battery of tests and indices of physical fitness, and statistical analysis. Factorial analysis was used as method of modeling. Results. In the structure of the physical condition of primary school pupils there are 7 factors that explain 64.8% of the total variance. It is proved that anthropometric and functional indicators in combination with indicators of such motor tests as wrist dynamometry, flexion of torso extension from a supine position for 60 s and shuttle run 4 × 9 m, are concentrated in the most influential factors I and II. In primary school pupils assigned to a special medical group, the following dominant factors of the physical condition model were determined: physical development, hand dynamometry of the right and left hand, indicators of the cardiovascular system, respiratory system. For primary school pupils of basic and preparatory medical groups, the dominant factors in the model of physical condition are physical development, physical fitness, strength, and physical health. Conclusions. The obtained data indicate that as a result of the analysis of factor models of the physical condition of children of primary school age, children of different medical groups received information necessary for making decisions on monitoring physical education, as well as for the development of effective programs of physical training of primary school children. Factor analysis made it possible to determine models of physical fitness and specify informative indicators for pedagogical control in each medical group.