Assessment of Potential Adaptive Capability in Children’s And Teenagers’ Organism for Going in for Sport and Physical Training

Abstract

An experimentally-tested method is suggested for the assessment of pituitary-adrenal system functional state in immature children of both sexes under 7 years, in children entering puberity (9 years) and in adolescents (15 years) based on the “resistance index” value. Experiments involving laboratory animals help to ascertain this index as a result of mean oxygen consumption in cooled animals divided by the same parameter measured at room temperature. In children and adolescents we measured the heart rate at rest and during stress (blindfold). The resultant parameter (“resistance index”) is medium to strong associated (correlates) with physical efficiency and maximum oxygen consumption level. The method for the assessment of “resistance index” is age- and sex-dependant. A method has been elaborated for individual prognosis of potential capabilities of children and adolescent organisms for coping with school program in physical training.