The indices of congruence, mobility and degrees of freedom of large joints of extremities and a spine as reference points for fitness lessons projection in 40-55 year-old men

Authors:

Sofiya S. Kovanova, Shuya branch of Ivanovo State University, Shuya, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0003-2414-1070, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.*

Olga N. Stepanova, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0002-4114-2801, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract:

Men and women of middle age are the most frequent visitors of fitness centers. The
first signs of aging appear during middle age: hormonal background decreases, excess weight
appears, connective tissue loses elasticity, the first signs of spine and joints structural-functional
disorders appear. It is important not to miss the moment of degenerative disorders, to realize
timely diagnostics and build health-improving conditional training program of lessons, taking
into account the revealed disorders. Materials. The article presents the results of a complex
diagnostics of congruence, mobility and degrees of freedom of large joints and a spine among
men of middle age (40-55 years-old), who go in for fitness. 60 men of middle age took part
in the research. The material of testing were the reference points for the methodology creation
of health-improving conditional (fitness) training in men of the second period of middle age
with structural-functional disorders of spine and large joints. Research methods. Analysis
and summarizing literary sources on the research problem, anamnesis, anthropometric
measurements, testing, assessment of the knee and hip joints functional mobility using the
KOOS and HOOS questionnaires, mathematical and statistical data processing by the method
of average values. Results. We estimated the degree of freedom, mobility of large joints and
spine among 40-55 year-old men, revealed structural-functional disorders of locomotor
apparatus. Conclusion. The results of the research were the reference points for the orientation
determination and content choice of health-improving conditional (fitness) training in men of
the second period of middle age.

Keywords40-55 year-old men; degree of freedom, congruence, flexibility and mobility of large joints and spine; fitness testing; health-improving and conditional (fitness) training for men of the second period of adulthood.

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For citation: Sofiya S. Kovanova*, Olga N. Stepanova. The indices of congruence, mobility and degrees of freedom of large joints of extremities and a spine as reference points for fitness lessons projection among 40-55 year-old men. Russian Journal of Physical Education and Sport. 2020; 15(4): 25-32. DOI: 10.14526/2070-4798-2020-15-4-27-37