VARIABILITY OF MASCULINE INDICATORS OF YOUNG STUDENTS IN BELARUS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to assess the variability of morphofunctional indicators
of masculinity among students in Belarus over time and depending on the
level of physical fitness.
The research was carried out in the years between 2016–2021 in Minsk
(Republic of Belarus). The sample consisted of 233 students (102 young men,
131 young women) aged 18 to 22. The materials of our research of 180 students
(125 young men and 65 young women) of the Belarusian State University
of Physical Culture were also used. The material used for comparison was the
archival data of the Department of Anthropology of the National Academy of
Sciences of Belarus from the period 2000–2007: a total of 243 students in Minsk
(98 young men, 145 young women).
Anthropometric measurements of body length, body weight, shoulder
width, pelvic width, waist circumference, hip circumference, tense shoulder circumference,
relaxed shoulder circumference, length of the second and fourth fingers
of both hands, wrist dynamometry of the right and left hand were carried out.
The morphological indices were calculated. It was revealed that modern young
men have more waist circumference and than young men of the beginning of the
XXI century. In young women, waist circumference and body weight showed
greater stability. The width of the pelvis, like that of both sexes, has decreased
from the beginning of the 21th century to the present. In modern young men,
disharmony of physique due to excess body weight in relation to its length occurs
more often than at the beginning of the century. The indicators of wrist dynamometry
among modern Belarusian students have become lower compared to
the beginning of the 2000s. The young men and women involved in physical culture
had a significantly lower 2D:4D for the left hand and right hand than those
who have a lower level of physical fitness.
Thus, the features of the temporal variability of young students in Belarus
of such indicators as waist circumference, pelvic width and dynamometry
(strength capabilities) were revealed, which were reflected in the dynamics of
morphological indices of masculinity.