Trends in somatic health indicators among representatives of the security and defense sector during the war
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594/2025.3/04Keywords:
somatic health, motor activity, security and defense sector representatives, warAbstract
The purpose of the work is to compare somatic health indicators in security and defense sector representatives who complied (Group A) and did not comply (Group B) with the motor activity regimen during their training and combat activities.Materials and methods. The research, which was conducted in 2024–2025, involved 443 security and defense sector representatives – cadets (n=281), officer trainees (n=65) and commissioned officers (n=97) of the S. P. Korolov Zhytomyr Military Institute (Zhytomyr, Ukraine) who complied (Group A, n=112) and did not comply (Group B, n=331) with the motor activity regimen during their training and combat activities. Research methods: analysis and generalization of literature sources, medical and biological methods, methods of data processing.Results. It has been found that in the course of training and combat activities, the somatic health indicators of the security and defense sector representatives in both groups deteriorated, but in Group A the changes in all indicators were unreliable (p>0.05), and in Group B – reliable (p≤0.01–0.001). It has been found that at the end of the research, the cadets, officer trainees and commissioned officers of Group A had all the studied indicators of somatic health significantly (p≤0.01–0.001) better than in Group B, in terms of their body mass index – by 0.38, 0.73 and 1.24 kg/m2 in cadets, officer trainees and commissioned officers, respectively; in terms of their vital index – by 0.55, 1.47 and 1.79 ml/kg; in terms of their strength index – by 0.98, 1.38 and 1.45%; in terms of their Robinson index – by 0.82, 1.49 and 1.96 c. u.; in terms of their Martine-Kushelevsky index – by 3.6, 4.9 and 7.6 s; in terms of their somatic health level – by 0.40, 0.87 and 1.29 points.Conclusions. The effectiveness of motor activity (physical exercises) in improving somatic health in the security and defense sector representatives during their training and combat activities under martial law has been proven.
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