Dnepropetrovsk State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport

Aim: To review information resources on this problem for the provision of modern knowledge in the pathogenesis of this pathology. Materials and Methods: An analysis of data from literary sources and medical articles in Pub Med was carried out in order to clarify the influence of cortisol and testosterone on the development of metabolic syndrome. The search was conducted over the last 5 years, but there is material from 2001, 2018, and 2019. Total volume of the number of sources: 17. Conclusions: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a collection of abnormalities that predispose individuals to diabetes, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Patients with metabolic syndrome exhibit hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system, resulting in «functional hypercorticism.» Stress is thought to play a significant role in this interaction by increasing the sensitivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. The enzyme 11-betahydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11HSD1), which is involved in glucocorticoid metabolism in peripheral tissues (particularly adipose tissue and liver), has been implicated in metabolic syndrome and central obesity. Overexpression of 11HSD1 in adipocytes is observed in metabolic syndrome and central obesity, leading to increased conversion of cortisone to cortisol and excessive tissue-specific glucocorticoid activity.

Aim: To improve the results of treatment of patients with chronic wounds of the lower extremities by using complex treatment, including surgical interventions, VAC- therapy, as well as studying the effect of negative pressure on bacterial films of wounds, based on microbiological examination and immune-histochemical data. Materials and Methods: During the period from 2019 to 2023 at the department's clinic, 68 patients with chronic wounds of the lower extremities were examined and treated. These are mainly women (n=63) aged from 35 to 80 years. Results: Complete wound healing was achieved in all patients. In 79% of patients, the transplanted skin graft took root completely. Partial lysis was observed in 17%, requiring repeated operations. In 4%, the wounds healed without surgery. The VAC- therapy we used prevented the restoration of the biofilm and prevented further infection of the wound. After complex treatment, we observed positive dynamics of clinical and immunological parameters. Indicators of T-cell immunity (CD3+, CD4+, CD19+) were restored, the level of CIC significantly decreased and the level of IgM increased. The level of interleukins on day 21 showed a tendency towards normalization. Conclusions: A modern integrated approach gives the chance to radically solve the problems of healing chronic wounds. VAC- therapy in combination with surgical treatment and antibacterial therapy prevented the restoration of biofilm and further infection of wounds, which led to the wound healing in 100% cases.

The article addresses the challenges associated with fostering the physical development of Ukrainian schoolchildren connected with distance learning in physical education. The primary conditions for adopting distance learning stemmed from the Covid-19 pandemic and now confronts military aggression from Russia. The goal: to track the progress of 7th-grade students' physical development through remote physical education learning programme. Research methods: theoretical analysis, literature review, pupil questionnaire, pedagogical experiments, and statistical analysis. Surveying 126 7th-grade pupils (60 boys and 66 girls) revealed a prevailing preference for traditional face-to-face physical education classes. Only 11.11% of pupils considered distance learning to replicate a well-structured physical education session. Results showed that 84.12% believed remote lessons influenced their motor activity, physical fitness, and interest in exercises, 57.15% reported decreased personal motor activity, 42.85% felt their physical fitness remained unchanged. The methods employed by teachers during distance learning included fitness programmes (58.73%), general developmental exercises (42.86%), and strength exercises (36.51%). Approximately 22.22% of pupils indicated a tendency to disengage from distance lessons. The authors’ remote physical education learning programme proved effective fitness indicators among the experimental group (EG) pupils compared to the control group (CG). Statistically significant differences were established across multiple physical fitness indicators for 7th-grade EG schoolchildren.

In the case of specialties called "civilian", the focus is not on the nature and specificity of official operations using physical qualities, as is the case in the practice of professional physical training, but other approaches. The purpose of the research is to actualize the need and reveal the essence of such an aspect of physical education as non-professional physical education of students. The methods of theoretical research, study and generalization of data from literary sources, abstraction, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction are used. An innovative approach to strengthening the educational component of the educational discipline "Physical Culture" in institutions of general secondary education and "Physical Education" in institutions of higher education has been transformed into research and practice in a number of countries. Non-professional physical education is a high level of physical education. The main sign of education is the inclusion of a person in physical activity. In institutions of higher education, this is a pedagogical process that should "close" the long-term withdrawal of youth with physical education. The results of the formation of the theoretical thinking of the projective type necessary for an educated person are foreseen. In the course of such conscious physical education, which is not the same as physical literacy, the values and goals of using physical education in various situations, which are constantly changing, are formed. These are also abilities necessary for creating an image of "myself in the future", designing and implementing systems of own physical education classes. Non-professional physical education of students of civil specialties should contribute to the formation of a person capable of using physical education. Non-professional physical education is singled out as an independent direction, which is determined by the characteristics of the personality of adults: the complexity of organizing reflection, communication, understanding, self-determination of a person and goal setting. The results of the research can be useful and applied in practice by specialists in physical culture and education.

Much part of modern society potential is made up of today’s applicants for higher education. They are the ones who have to solve complex socio-economic, moral and ethical, national and other problems that require serious reforms in the system and content of activities in higher education institutions. Student age is also a responsible period of life in the formation of physical health and cultural skills that ensure its improvement, strengthening and preservation in the future. <strong>The purpose of the work</strong> is to substantiate the teaching methods of swimming with the use of aqua aerobics. Tasks: 1) Based on the theoretical analysis of literary sources, to substantiate effective methods of teaching swimming to students. 2) To investigate the level of physical condition of first-year students. 3) To determine the effectiveness of the use of aqua aerobics in the initial swimming training of students. <strong>Research methods: </strong>theoretical analysis and generalization of literary sources, pedagogical testing, pedagogical experiment, medical and biological research methods, methods of mathematical statistics. <strong>Scientific novelty </strong>of the<strong> </strong>article is that the application of the developed method of using aqua aerobics for 1st year students in the initial training of swimming has improved swimming training, as well as indicators of physical health, physical activity, physical fitness and functionality of the body. <strong>Conclusions. </strong>Analysing the obtained data of students’ motor activity, we can conclude that students lead a sedentary lifestyle, spend a lot of time preparing for classes, communicate in social networks, play computer games and almost do not pay due attention to specially organized physical activity. The researchers showed that students had medium and low levels of physical health. The application of the developed aqua aerobics method during the initial swimming training made it possible to significantly improve the level of physical condition and physical health.

The main purpose of the article is to study, compare and identify the main features and factors that influenced the development of non-Olympic sports in the period of modern and contemporary history, as well as to identify the formation of the autonomy of non-Olympic sports in the international sports movement. It has been established that during the period of modern history, sport in its development had a «chaotic» character. The development of non-Olympic sports in the period of contemporary history took place in two stages: Stage I 1918–1979 – characterized by an intensive development of non-Olympic sports in the system of the international sports movement, Stage II 1980 – present – is associated with the confrontation and recognition of non-Olympic sports of the international sports movement. The main prerequisites are: scientific and technological progress, organizational and legal, political, scientific and educational, social component. The main factors are: the development of industry, production, the cultural component, the industrialization of society, economic growth, significant achievements in science and technology, the development of the sports industry, a biological need for physical activity, the transformation of physical activity into sports, improving the quality of life, the creation of sports organizations, the formation of an institutional environment, the development of the scientific sphere and the information field, the manifestation of national identity in sports, etc.

Defining functional fitness is important for effective forming of athlete training process in different periods of the annual training plan (macrocycle), as well as for reaching the high level of other types of preparedness (general, specific,technical, tactical andpsychological). Unfortunately, nowadays all existing methodological approaches to the Functional Fitness Assessment Test (FFAT) of athletes of different sports specialization are only based on the limited amount of traditional parameters usage whichdramatically decreases the efficiency of biomedical monitoring system and training process. Consequently, the pressing issue is to develop and practically implement the innovative methods of the Functional Fitness Assessment Express Test corresponding to requirements ofhigh sports performance. The aim of our research is to study the efficiency of the innovative Functional Fitness Assessment Test methodfor specific physical preparation increase of elite athletes in different periods of the macrocycle. The basis and methods: 59 elite athletes of different sports specialization (18-24 years old): 14 female and 14 male volleyball players, 13 basketball players, 12 handball players and 6 female sprinters. Testing of all athletes was conducted within the framework of preparatory periods of the two serial competitions applying the traditional and innovative approach to the functional fitness assessment. The results of the study. The obtained data analysis allowed setting the high level of informativeness and objectivity of the suggested innovative Functional Fitness Assessment Test methodreflected in the quality increase of the specific physical preparedness controlin the preparatory period of the macrocycle. Conclusions. Relative changes of all specific physical preparedness parameters, regardless of sex and sports specialization, registered at the final stage of the shaping experiment, credibly (p<0,05) surpassed the score of relative changes of these scores at the final stage of the stating experiment (among male volleyball players up to 2-12%, among male volleyball players up to 2-20%, among basketball players up to 2-3%, among handball players up to 2-4%, among female sprinters up to 2-6%). The results are recommended for practical implementation into the biomedical monitoring system control of elite athletes.

Purpose. The signification of the theoretical grounds for the conceptual reconstruction of the dichotomy "spirit-body" in the field of postmodern notions in philosophy and culture, the identification of the location of the given dichotomy in the processes of the transition of philosophy from being classical to the postclassical one, simultaneously, culture – to the cultural forms of postmodernity. Theoretical basis. The changing systems of post paradigm relations, radically transforming human life in the postmodern world, represent the obvious transformations of the fundamental conceptual schemes. For postmodern philosophers, the dichotomy "spirit-body" does not mean better interpretation of separate substances any more, but the development of the relationship between mental and physical properties. Feminist philosophers assert that the "spirit-body" opposition occupies the special place among classical dichotomies, as it acquires the key meaning in the patriarchal concepts of masculinity and femininity. In the post modernity, the body and corporality become dominant themes not only in the philosophy and "high" culture, but also in mass culture; at the same time, the emphasis on their common narratives and intertexts testifies to the fundamental transformations that reflect the "condition" of postmodernity. Originality of this research lies in the expose of the specific transformation features of the dichotomy "spirit-body" as a philosophic opposition closely connected with postmodernism and realized in the practices of mass culture. This research is reflectedof the idea of the absoluteness and invariabilityof this duality as thebasicdichotomy of the classical philosophy in its correlation with cultural logic of the postmodernity at the end of the 20 – the beginning of the 21st centuries. Conclusions. With the reinterpretation of the "spirit-body" dichotomy, the body is theorized as a cognitive agent with desires independent of the mind. In postmodernism, the body is the source of charm, and aversion and destruction, and restoration. At the same time, with the growth of the visualization factor and the change in the status of "high" culture, the "turn" in the status of mass culture is created: today both the former and the letter have many common discourses, narratives and intertexts.

Purpose: develop an experimental training program for lightweight rowers in academic rowing. Material: the study involved 27 qualified athletes who are engaged in academic rowing over 6 years, age 19-22 years, with sports qualifications KMS and MS. To better design the training program was conducted to study this physical condition of athletes also took into account the opinion of the leading coaches in academic rowing that are engaged with lightweight rowers. Results: as a result of an experimental study was designed training program in academic rowing. Conclusions: Experimental training program rowing provided its use for a year and was designed in the form of blocks and aims to developing and improving endurance (speed and power), strength and maximum strength. The experimental technique that was used in the training process, was designed with the preparation phase and plan on mesocycles and microcycle.