Spirometry as one of wellness indicators female students of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz

Abstract

Last years it has been observed substantial deterioration of physical fitness of young people, especially girls. One of the most important aim of physical education departments is to improve student’s physical condition resulting in improvement of wellness. Initial analysis of student’s fitness is a very important information source for planning work of physical education departments. That is why it is very important to find a set of independent parameters, which, if measured, could give the reliable initial diagnosis of student’s physical efficiency. The measurements of such parameters could give the base for further monitoring of students wellness. It was undertook to analyze the anthropometric data, the chest mobility and results of spirometric measurements for the group of healthy female students of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz. The carried out data analysis did not reveal strong relationships between spirometric parameters and percentage content of fat, chest mobility and the mass of examined students. It seems that the examined parameters can exemplify independent wellness indicators of students beginning to study at the university. Monitoring of given parameters during studies can give information allowing sports departments to evaluate their work.