Updating applied physical education for students with special needs

Aim. The paper aims to update the concept of applied physical education for students with special needs taking into account the potential of professional and applied physical education, which contributes to the formation of professional adaptation. Materials and methods. The study involved 40 South Ural State University students with various pathologies. The control (CG) and experimental (EG) groups of 20 persons were formed. Training intensity was calculated individually for each student. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: a three-stage breath holding test (the Serkin Test), 20 squats per 30 seconds (the Martinet-Kushelevsky test), force platform measurements, the PWC170 test, and the VO2max test. Results. The data obtained in the experimental group significantly differed from those obtained for the control group (p