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ASSESSMENT OF REACTIVITY TO THE BODY UNDER CONDITIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN STUDENTS AGED 17-20 YEARS
N Ksajikyan1, H Aghababyan1, M Sargsyan1
1Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, Chair of Medical and Biological Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia.
Abstract:
Physical activity is such an essential socio-biological element, which provides a balance between the body and the external environment and contributes to the improvement of metabolic process regulation mechanisms. However, the abuse of physical activity often leads to unwanted changes in the basic physiological processes in the athletes' organism, due to the impact of a variety of reasons. The state of the organism's regulatory systems and the provision of the necessary adaptation of the organism to physical activity are crucial in assessing the athlete's physical fitness. It is known that during physical exertion, the functional state of the organism is determined by a reaction limiting the efficiency of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. It was revealed that with long-term physical activity restriction, blood circulation regulatory mechanisms, as well as synocardial reflexes, are disrupted. This research is devoted to the study of students' organism adaptive capabilities depending on the central or autonomous type of vegetative regulation. Registration and analysis of ECG of students by the method of variational heart rate monitoring were carried out. With the help of a special program, the students' heart rate integral indicators were analyzed. All studies were carried out twice: before physical exertion and immediately after physical exertion. In this study, we aimed to explore the adaptive capabilities of students bodies depending on the central or autonomous type of autonomic regulation. Three types of response to physical activity have been identified: optimal, paradoxical, and atypical. In all types of reactions, a certain level and direction of intensity of the processes of regulation of the athletes' organism is expressed. The study of the distinctive features of vegetative regulation makes it possible to assess athletes' organism functional state better and determine violations of their adaptive capabilities. According to the research results, based on the primary signs of the athletes' organism adaptive capabilities and the corresponding reaction, it is possible to determine the optimal dose of physical exertion for athletes.
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