Chair Department of Physiotherapy Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Department of Basic of Physical Culture, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ul. Świetojańska 20, 85-094, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 14;13(1):15246. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41803-0.
The aim of the study is to assess changes in basic somatic features and motor components of physical fitness of physiotherapy students in the years 2001-2020. Hypotheses were made about the lack of a secular trend in body height and weight, the deterioration of motor efficiency and the lack of conditioning of the examined changes by social factors. Every year, students of physiotherapy at Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) were examined in terms of height, weight, chest circumference, balance, speed, power, agility and endurance. The results were obtained from 1161 female students and 464 male students. There was weight gain in the group of women (R = 0.41, p = 0.00314), deterioration of speed (for women R = 0.579, p = 0.001; for men R = 0.301, p = 0.0185) and deterioration of power (for women R = 0.51, p = 0.001, p = 0.001; for men R = 0.0432, p = 0.00303). The stability of the remaining features was also found, as well as the lack of their conditioning by social factors. Predictors of maintaining motor fitness were identified, i.e. male gender, fitness exam qualifying for studies and chest circumference. The creation of conditions and requirements encouraging greater care for the appropriate level of motor fitness of people undertaking physiotherapy studies seems justified. This observation may apply to other academia providing training for the profession of physiotherapist.
本研究旨在评估 2001 年至 2020 年期间物理治疗专业学生基本身体特征和身体素质运动成分的变化。研究假设身体身高和体重没有出现长期趋势，运动效率下降，并且社会因素没有对这些变化进行调节。每年，波兰托伦哥白尼大学科美纽斯医学院的物理治疗专业学生都接受身高、体重、胸围、平衡、速度、力量、敏捷性和耐力方面的检查。该研究结果来自 1161 名女性学生和 464 名男性学生。女性组体重增加（R = 0.41，p = 0.00314），速度下降（女性 R = 0.579，p = 0.001；男性 R = 0.301，p = 0.0185），力量下降（女性 R = 0.51，p = 0.001，p = 0.001；男性 R = 0.0432，p = 0.00303）。研究还发现了其他特征的稳定性，以及社会因素对其没有调节作用。研究还确定了维持运动健康的预测因素，即男性性别、符合学习要求的体能测试和胸围。为鼓励人们更加关注接受物理治疗研究的人适当的运动健康水平而创造条件和提出要求似乎是合理的。这一观察结果可能适用于为物理治疗师职业提供培训的其他学术机构。
