Functional testing of the muscles in the hygienic evaluation of the preventive efficacy of physical education in primary school

Abstract

The possibility of using the results of functional muscle testing in the evaluation of the preventive efficacy of the physical education of children in primary school is discussed. The results of the evaluation of the functional state of the pectoral muscles and muscles of the shoulder girdle, muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities in 59 first grade pupils in the dynamics of 2 years of the learning of the physical education differentiated according to the gender (the grade of girls and the grade of boys). The elective part of the educational program of physical education consisted of separate units focused on the development of mainly flexibility and coordination in girls, strength, and endurance — in boys. It is established that most often the decreasing of muscles elasticity was characteristic of pectoralis muscles and shoulder girdle muscles compared to the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. Peculiarities of the distribution of the enslavement of muscles and the dynamics of their functional state in children of different genders in the learning process are established. The conclusion about the expediency of functional muscle testing for hygienic evaluation of the preventive efficacy of physical education in primary school was made.