How an eight-month period without specialized physical education classes affects the morphological characteristics and motor abilities of students of the Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies

Abstract

A reduced level of work abilities of a police officer caused by the reduced level of physical abilities have an adverse influence on the efficient and safe performance of a wide range of complex police measures. The aim of this paper was to determine whether morphological characteristics (MC) and motor abilities (BMA) before the beginning of specialized physical education (SPE) are on the same level as during the entrance exam, that is, the effects of an eight-month-long period during which the students of the Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies did not have organized SPE. 137 candidates participated in the study (67 male and 70 female candidates). BH, BW and BMI were observed to determine MC and for estimation of BMA: Push-ups 10 seconds (PU), Sit-ups 30 seconds (ABD), Standing long jump (LJ), Abalak (VJ), as well as Isometric dead lift (FmaxBE), for the males, and Hand grip (FmaxHG) for female candidates. The results of the MANOVA have shown that between both measurements it was not determined that there are statistically significant differences for MC in candidates of both genders (female p=0.160; male p=0.203), generally, while for BMA it was determined that there are significant differences in candidates of both genders (female p=0.003; male p=0.033). Individually by variable, during the eight-month-long period, of the MC among the female, BMI statistically significantly increased (3.97%; p=0.029), and among the male candidates (2.53%, p=0.034), respectively; concerning BMA among the female, a significantly poorer result was achieved in FmaxHG (6.99%; p=0.006), LJ (4.59%; p=0.024) and VJ (7.3%; p=0.006) and in male candidates in LJ (2.83%; p=0.035) and VJ (4.27%; p=0.031), respectively. It can be concluded that the eight-month-long period without any organized SPE classes had a bad influence on BMA.

Smanjeni nivo radnih sposobnosti policajaca, usled smanjenja nivoa fizičkih sposobnosti, loše utiče na efikasno i bezbedno obavljanje složenih policijskih mera. Cilj ovog rada bio je da utvrdi da li su morfološke karakteristike i bazične motoričke sposobnosti (BMS), pred početak nastave Specijalnog fizičkog obrazovanja (SFO), na istom nivou kao i na prijemnom ispitu, odnosno kako je na njih uticao period od osam meseci tokom kojih studenti KPA nisu imali organizovanu nastavu SFO. U istraživanju je učestvovalo 137 kandidata (70 ženskog i 67 muškog pola). Za utvrđivanje morfoloških karakteristika posmatrani su: telesna visina (BH), telesna masa (BW) i indeks mase tela (BMI). Za procenu BMS posmatrani su: broj urađenih sklekova za 10 sekundi (PU), podizanje trupa za 30 sekundi (ABD), skok udalj iz mesta (LJ), Abalak test (VJ), kao i za kandidate izometrijska sila mišića opružača leđa (FmaxBE), a za kandidatkinje izometrijska sila pregibača prstiju dominantne ruke (FmaxHG). Rezultati MANOVA pokazali su da između prvog i drugog merenja na generalnom nivou za morfološke karakteristike nije utvrđeno da postoje statistički značajne razlike kod kandidata oba pola (ženski p=0.160; muški p=0.203), dok je za BMS utvrđeno da postoje statistički značajne razlike kod kandidata oba pola (ženski p=0.003; muški p=0.033). Pojedinačno po varijablama, tokom osmomesečnog perioda, od morfoloških karakteristika BMI je kod kandidatkinja statistički značajno povećan za 3.97% (p=0.029), a kod kandidata za 2.53% (p=0.034); dok je kod posmatranih BMS kod kandidatkinja statistički značajno lošiji rezultat ostvaren kod FmaxHG za 6.99% (p=0.006), LJ za 4.59% (p=0.024) i VJ za 7.3% (p=0.006) i kod kandidata je došlo do statistički značajnog smanjenja rezultata LJ za 2.83% (p=0.035) i VJ za 4.27% (p=0.031). Može se zaključiti da je osmomesečni period bez organizovane nastave SFO loše uticao na BMS.