Physical health of female medical university students and its correction by vitaminization

The aim of the work is to assess physical health of female students living in the North of Russia and the effectiveness of vitaminization. Materials and Methods. The study involved 58 second-year medical students living in Syktyvkar (62º N latitude), aged 18-24. Anthropometric, physiometric and functional parameters were determined using generally accepted methods. A short-term exercise test was used to assess students' physical health. The results were statistically processed using the Statistica 6.0 and Biostat 4.03 software. Results. Students living in the North lag behind the mid-latitude standards in a number of parameters: body weight, hand strength and strength index, pulmonary capacity, timed expiratory capacity (Genchi test), Skibinskaya cardiorespiratory index and physical health level according to Apanasenko. A sharp slowdown in the heart rate recovery after physical exertion is recorded in female students living in the North of Russia. In some parameters, they are also inferior to the students of the Syktyvkar Medical College, the biology students of the Syktyvkar State University, the teenage schoolgirls of Syktyvkar and medical students from Tomsk. There are several possible reasons for such differences (increased training loads under pronounced hypodynamia, latitudinal factor). On the basis of the results obtained, the authors recommended female students to increase their physical activity, improve nutrition, take vitamins, improve timetable, adhere to a healthy lifestyle. Conclusion. Anthropometric, physiometric and functional parameters in female medical students from Syk-tyvkar indicate insufficient training of the respiratory and circulatory systems and a low level of physical health. A monthly course with a complex vitamin and mineral drug "Multivit-vitabalans" showed a general health-improving effect on the physical health, increased the tolerance of hypoxemia according to the Genchi test, had a hypotensive effect and improved the circulatory control mechanisms under short-term physical exertion.