Psychophysical rehabilitation of overweighed schoolchildren

Aim is to estimate the efficiency of the complex program of psychophysical rehabilitation implemented for overweighed schoolchildren. We formed two groups of children (25 children each); group A was experimental one, and group B was control one. The experimental group did exercises according to a specially developed psychophysical rehabilitation programme. We estimated the psychophysical rehabilitation programme using the following methods: calipers measure, body mass index (BMI) measurement, knee bend functional test, WAN test (wellbeing, activity, mood). As a result we observed positive dynamics in all the examined parameters: lowered skin-fat fold levels, lowered body mass index, increased cardiovascular system functioning, better wellbeing, activity and mood. Rehabilitation programme may be used in treatment of overweighed children as this programme has a long-term positive effect on their life quality due to enhanced mental state (improved self-assessment and motivation for treatment, lower level of personal anxiety), physical state (lower body mass) of children, and also due to rationalized lifestyle (feeding behavior modification and increased moving activity).