Substantiation of the methodology for assessing the biological
age of adolescents
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UKRAINIAN STATE DRAGOMANOV UNIVERSITY, KYIV, UKRAINE
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT, KYIV, UKRAINE
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BORYS GRINCHENKO KYIV UNIVERSITY, KYIV, UKRAINE
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, KYIV, UKRAINE
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SUMY STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER A. S. MAKARENKO, SUMY, UKRAINE
Publication date: 2024-07-24
Wiadomości Lekarskie 2024;77(6):1205-1210
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Aim: To substantiate the methodology for assessing the biological age of adolescent high schoolers (boys and girls).
Materials and Methods: Boys aged 14-15 (n = 102) and girls aged 12-13 (n = 101) were studied. The choice of these age groups is explained by the presence
of the most significant individual differences in morphological and functional characteristics in these adolescents. Methods: anthropometry, somatometry,
somatoscopy, tonometry, spirometry, dynamometry, Stange’s test, Rufier and Robinson indices. The interaction of the results of different methods of assessing
biological age was conducted on one sex-age sample using factor analysis (principal components method).
Results: It has been established that the biological age of adolescents can be reliably determined using a set of three components: an assessment of the level
of physical development, the index of heterochronicity, and the degree of manifestation of secondary sexual characteristics (for boys with a probability of
90.2 %, for girls – 92.1 %). The percentage ratio of these components has sexual peculiarities. Methodologies for assessing biological age for scientific purposes
and rapid assessment for use in the practice of physical education and sports have been proposed. The indicators of rapid assessment are body length and the
degree of hair development in the axilla. The reliability of the rapid assessment is 81.4 % for boys and 83.2 % for girls.
Conclusions: Developing adequate physical activities for adolescents of different biological ages will help improve the physical health of the younger generation.