A Model of Dickson Index Corrected for Pupils
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Ruffier – Dickson test is a popular method in school physical education because of a simpleprocedure and apparatuses, good reliability and validity in evaluation of physical capacity. Itis well-known in sports and physical rehabilitation too. The aim of the research is to prepare amodel of Dickson index, which should be suitable for school physical education. Two ways toreach this purpose, taking into account a normal heart rate in rest corresponding to pupil’s age(70–102 min-1), are proposed. They are a model of correction of Dickson index formula and amodel of correction of assessment gradations. A ratio of a normal heart rate in rest of schoolage pupils and adults should be accepted as a parameter of correction of Dickson indexformula. Three measures of heart rate values in Ruffier – Dickson test should be reducedproportionally to this ratio. Application of the corrected formula results in a statisticallysignificant improvement in assessment of young patients’ cardiovascular system state(p < 0.01). The results of modeling are presented in simple tabular and graphical forms thatare suitable for humanists who are unready to use mathematical methods.
DOI: 10.14486/intjscs749
Author: Ihor ZANEVSKYY
Language: English
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2811508581