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The impact of high body weight on children’s aerobic capacity in the primary school age

Agata Dobrowolska, Małgorzata Domagalska-Szopa, Agnieszka Ostrowska, Andrzej Szopa


Agata Dobrowolska, Małgorzata Domagalska-Szopa, Agnieszka Ostrowska, Andrzej Szopa – The impact of high body weight on children’s aerobic capacity in the primary school age. Fizjoterapia Polska 2022; 22(1); 222-232

Abstract
Introduction. Overweight and obesity are among the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. In Poland, the number of overweight children has tripled in the last 20 years. In order to determine the level of aerobic capacity as well as the selection of forms and intensity of physical training in children with excess body weight, many methods are used, e.g. 6-minute walk test (6MWT) or spiroergometric test (CPET).
Aim od the study. The aim of the study was to evaluate the performance parameters of children with excess body weight in comparison to children with proper body weight. Additionally, an attempt was made to answer the question whether the results of the indirect method efficiency assessment are consistent with the results of the spiroergometric test.
Material and methodology. The research was carried out in a group of 25 children with excess body weight (study group; BMI 93.7 ± 4.11 percentile) and 25 children with normal body weight (control group; BMI 28 ± 19.62 percentile) aged 8-12 years. The tests consisted of 3 parts: 1) measurement of body weight, body height and body weight composition; 2) ergospirometric test (CPET) carried out on a cycloergometer using the Godfrey ramp type protocol; 3) assessment of aerobic capacity based on the result of the 6MWT test.
Results. There were significant differences in the VO2 / kg result in the studied children between the study group (26.2 ± 4.32 ml / kg / min) and the control group (36.2 ± 5.75 ml / kg / min) and the results of the 6MTW test in the study group was 486.5 ± 86.35 m, and in the control group 519.6 ± 85.40 m.
Conclusions. There were no differences in the value of the VO2peak parameter in children from the study and control groups; however, differences in the result of VO2 / kg were noticed. Children with hight BMI characterized by a greater difference between the observed and expected value of 6MWT than children with proper body weight.
Key words:
children’s aerobic capacity, CPET, 6MWT, excess body weight, high BMI
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Kinesiology Taping as a therapeutic method in blood ecchymosis – a case study

E. Łebek, J. Dąbek, M. Szynal, A. Ostrowska

Ewelina Łebek, Józefa Dąbek, Magdalena Szynal, Agnieszka Ostrowska – Kinesiology Taping as a therapeutic method in blood ecchymosis – a case study. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(4); 236-244

Abstract
Kinesiology Taping (KT) is a comprehensive therapeutic method that allows to obtain a therapeutic effect 24 hours a day and supporting the rehabilitation process of various ailments. For this therapy, special, 100% cotton, dynamic tapes are used, covered with hypoallergenic acrylic glue activated with heat, arranged in layers of a sinusoidal shape, similar to the flexibility of human muscles, and to the parameters of human skin.  Various effects of Kinesiology Taping are described in the medical literature, for example: muscle facilitation, reduction of muscle fatigue, reducing the soreness of the skeletal muscles with delayed pain, the so-called DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), supporting treatment aimed at eliminating edema and improving blood flow, reducing the pressure on mechanical receptors changes the feeling of pain as a result of the activation of the endogenous anesthetic system and limiting accumulation of chemical factors released after tissue trauma. The aim of the study was to describe two cases of using the Kinesiology Taping method in blood ecchymosis in patients after hip arthroplasty and after soft tissue injury.
Key words:
Kinesiology Taping, bloody ecchymosis, arthroplasty
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Assessment of aerobic capacity levels and selected motor skills in children with excessive body weight

Agnieszka Ostrowska, Agata Grzyb, Małgorzata Domagalska-Szopa, Małgorzata Lis, Anna Koralewska

A. Ostrowska, A. Grzyb, M. Domagalska-Szopa, M. Lis, A. Koralewska – Assessment of aerobic capacity levels and selected motor skills in children with excessive body weight. Fizjoterapia Polska 2020; 20(5);  72-83

Abstract

Introduction. Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents is a serious problem of developmental age. It affects more and more children. Increasingly, children are consuming large amounts of processed and high-calorie food. Children move less and less because they spend their free time in front of the phone, TV or computer screen. A small amount of exercise promotes the development of excess body weight in children. Low physical activity also causes children not to improve their motor skills. In addition, many researchers point out the negative impact of excess child weight on their physical fitness.
Aim of the study. The aim of the study was an attempt to determine the level of selected motor skills in overweight and obese children and to determine the relationship between excess body weight in children and their motor skills.
Material and methods. The research group consisted of 25 children, including 12 girls and 13 boys aged 12 to 18 years. The subjects were diagnosed with overweight and simple obesity. The Romberg test, Tandem tests, medicine ball throw, toe-floor test, 40 or 60m run were used to assess the motor skills of children. To assess the children’s performance, the spiroergometric test, 6MWT = 6-minute walk test and the Borg scale after exercise were used. The “TANITA” weight was used to assess the body mass composition. The same test was performed in each child and the same tests were used to determine the level of selected motor skills, performance and body weight composition.
Results. The results obtained from the analysis of the results indicate the same development of motor skills in children with excessive and normal body weight. Moreover, the children showed the same exercise tolerance.

Key words:
excessive body weight, children, efficiency, motor skills
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