COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEVEL OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG STUDENTS OF IRKUTSK

Abstract

The level of physical development of the 1302 boys and 1937 girls in Irkutsk and. Irkutsk region aged 17-20 years was studied and. compared with one of young people from other regions of Russia. Young men aged 17-20 from Pribaikalye region have an average height and. weight, high rates of the width of the shoulders and. chest circumference, are of normosthenic type of constitution, have mesomorphic body type, the average body density, the normal muscle mass, somewhat high fat and low bone components. The girls have an average height and relatively low weight, broad chest with a high chest circumference, are normosthenic type of constitution, the mesomorphic body type with the proportional development of the body, its average density and. increased mass of muscle and fat component and reduced bone one.

Keywords

• somatometry
• the index score of physical development
• body type