Informovanosť a odporúčania pre pohybové aktivity ľudí s chronickými ochoreniami na Východnom Slovensku

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Alena Buková - Rastislav Feč

Physical activity is globally understood by the professional community as one of the most important factors in addressing public health prevention issues. Trends in modern lifestyles tend towards a sedentary way of life, both in the workplace and especially in leisure time.

A passive lifestyle thus affects the health of every individual. For many years, physical education experts have been appealing to the general public and pointing out the numerous risks associated with neglecting physical activity in any age category. One of the serious manifestations of a lack of physical activity is excessive weight gain. The ever-increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, especially its occurrence in increasingly younger age categories, makes obesity one of the most serious risk factors and one of the biggest problems worldwide.

Its globalization is mainly caused by the consumption of high-energy foods and a lack of physical activity in daily routines. The rise in overweight and obesity is the result of an inadequate energy intake relative to its expenditure - insufficient physical activity

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Richard Melichar - Zuzana Küchelová - Klaudia Zusková

We wrote this book with the aim of supporting the expansion of ultimate frisbee in Slovakia. This sport is experiencing rapid growth not only in the number of recreational enthusiasts but also in the ranks of competitive players. Its popularity is rising for several reasons. Ultimate frisbee is an attractive, dynamic game that is easily accessible in terms of equipment and space requirements. Although it may appear to be a sport for the young, it certainly offers athletic opportunities for people of all ages.

The character of the game is a textbook example of fair play behavior. It is well known in sports that if, in addition to simply playing, we also focus on the technique of a particular discipline-in our case, the game itself-the sense of enjoyment increases. Therefore, another goal of ours was to provide fundamental knowledge about the origins of ultimate frisbee, its rules, the structure of athletic performance, and the methodology for practicing selected game activities. We primarily drew from foreign ultimate frisbee publications and relevant domestic works related to the topic. The most valuable contribution of this monograph is the translation of empirical experience from many years of practice, including the national team and coaching experience of the main author, into the following pages.

This pertains to the elaboration of methodological approaches to training in the sports process. There is certainly much more knowledge needed for perfect mastery of the game of ultimate frisbee. For now, we have tried to provide the basics that will allow people to play frisbee “athletically” and with a certain “player standard.” Ultimate frisbee will offer new dimensions of sporting experience and can also become a valuable addition to a healthy lifestyle for the modern individual.

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Iveta Cimboláková - Richard Melichar

University textbooks include, expand and deepen knowledge in the field of management and marketing. Considering the development of the needs of continuous education and adaptation to changes in cooperation with the provision of effective integration and use of management and marketing in sports industries, this issue is highly topical. Inserting modern trends into university teaching texts creates their "otherness", they are a prerequisite for better understanding, knowledge and the contribution of not only theoretical knowledge, but also significantly contribute to practice itself.

The publication is a useful source of information not only for bachelor's students at the Institute of Physical Education and Sport of the UPJŠ, but also for students of interdisciplinary study fields and specializations.

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Agata Horbacz,Ján Junger

Ageing is an irreversible process and it is now widely accepted that we can purposefully affect a number of factors that influence ageing process and slow it down. We can attenuate the speed of this process by appropriate physical activity. Physical activity elements plays a key role in the primary and secondary prevention of the ageing population, in the treatment of various diseases and in eliminating their risk factors. Lecture notes provide information and recommendations for implementing exercise programs (EP) designed for seniors who are currently engaged in, or planning to engage in, physical activity (PA). At the same time, we aim to contribute to expanding knowledge in this field and to support the improvement of PA quality for individuals aged 60 and above. In the first part of the teaching materials, we describe the period of old age, its somatic characteristics, and the motor and functional capacities of seniors. We address the diagnostics of somatic traits, as well as motor and functional abilities, the benefits of physical activity in older age, and finally the principles and recommendations for designing exercise programs for seniors. In the following sections, we present implemented exercise programs for seniors and describe exercises that can help maintain or improve their physical abilities. The priority of this publication is to offer effective and safe exercises that promote health and physical activity. The content of the publication is supplemented with photographs and tables that enhance its practical applicability for students and instructors when designing exercise programs for seniors.

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Jozef Liba - Alena Buková

Monografická práca akcentuje zdravotnú dimenziu pohybových aktivít. Formuluje a syntetizuje východiská prozdravotného kontextu aktivít pri rešpektovaní mnohostranných interakcií činiteľov a determinantov zdravia. V rámci indikovanej oblasti smeruje k špecifikácií a zosieťovaniu empirických, odborných a výskumných prístupov tak, aby boli kompatibilné s holistickým vnímaním zdravia. Zdravotná dimenzia pohybových aktivít je prezentovaná prostredníctvom zodpovedajúcej syntézy vedomostí, princípov, koncepcií integrujúcich medicínske, biologické, psycho-sociálne, pedagogické a ďalšie prístupy a poznatky smerujúce k vyváženému formovaniu kognitívnej, afektívnej a psychomotorickej stránky osobnosti. Zdôrazňuje a zdôvodňuje pozíciu cieľavedomých a primeraných pohybových aktivít ako nezastupiteľných činiteľov osobnostnej kultivácie a kvality života.

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Alena Buková 

Predkladané vysokoškolské učebné texty sú určené poslucháčom študijného programu Šport a rekreácia, ktorí sú pripravovaní pre praktické pôsobenie v oblasti športu pre všetkých a pohybovej rekreácie. Študent po ukončení štúdia by mal byť schopný organizovať, riadiť  a diagnostikovať telovýchovný proces zameraný na prevenciu smerujúcu k zdravému životnému štýlu a ku kvalite života, na oblasť pohybovej rekreácie, ktorá je spätá so zmysluplným využívaním voľného času. Na to, aby študent disponoval dostatočnými teoretickými vedomosťami je okrem iných predmetov, ktoré študent absolvuje v priebehu troch rokov štúdia, dôležitou súčasťou i predmet Didaktika základnej telesnej výchovy a rekreačného športu. Predložené učebné texty spolu s ostatnými odporúčanými relevantnými zdrojmi poskytuje študentom potrebné množstvo vedomostí z oblasti riadenia telovýchovného procesu v základnej telesnej výchovy i v systéme rekreačného športu, resp. športu pre všetkých. 

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Dávid Kaško

The monograph focuses on hardening through the aquatic environment, with a focus on recreationally hardening individuals. In the publication, we describe individual structures and processes in the human body that interact with the aquatic environment (how the organism tolerates different environmental temperatures, heat production and transport in the human body, fatty tissue, biorhythm, and others). We also discuss reactions and ways of adapting the human body to cold stimuli. For beginners, we provide recommended methodologies for starting water hardening. The conclusion of the publication focuses on the effects of cold exposure and its various variations with their impact when used in sports activities.

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Klaudia Zusková - Alena Buková - Peter Bakalár - Mirianna Brtková - Zuzana Kűchelová - Martina Hančová

In Košice, there are several universities whose students and graduates have the potential to develop themselves and their social environment. Although the current prevalence of overweight and obesity in this part of the Slovak population is not high, early prevention can influence its increased occurrence in higher age categories.

The university provides sufficient space and time for this prevention. It offers the opportunity to explore factors that play a crucial role in weight gain among university students and to propose forms of interventions for creating a healthy lifestyle. One such form was a program focusing on body weight modification, which we introduced into the physical education curriculum for students of various faculties at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, even after the grant project ended.

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Jana Potočníková - Peter Bakalár (eds.)

Book of Abstracts from International Scientific Conference.

Book of abstracts includes abstracts of contributions presented as invited lectures, oral presentations and posters during 4th international scientific conference Recreational Sport, Health, Quality of Life. Conference was organised by Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice in cooperation with its polish partner organisation -  Institute of Physical Education, Tourism and Physiotherapy of Akademia im. Jan Długosz in Częstochowa. The aim of the conference was to create space for communication, and sharing experiences and underline the importance of recreational sport and rational nutrition in life of conteporary man.

Book of abstracts consists of 6 parts: fisrtly, inveted lectures, folowed by abstracts of contributions from 5 conference sections: 1. Lifestyle and health; 2. Diagnostics in recreational sport and physical recreation; 3. Sport and physical recreation in theory and practice; 4. Sport and nutrition; 5. History of sport and tourism.

Book of abstracts brings to the reader wide spectrum of views on the problematic of recreational sport, health and quality of life.

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Iveta Cimboláková - Henrieta Pavolová

University textbooks focus on selected basic knowledge about the environment. They are centered on summarizing and cross-sectional characteristics, serving as a foundation for deepening knowledge within lectures or seminars on the given topic.

The textbooks are intended for first-year students of the "Sports and Recreation" study program at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, as well as for anyone interested in expanding their environmental knowledge. In the prepared educational texts, "Environmental Risks, Their Impact, and Consequences on Population Health," we address topics such as environmental risks, their influence, and possible consequences on population health, which undoubtedly belong to environmental issues and care.

The list of literature in the textbooks provides more detailed information for those with a deeper interest in environmental issues.

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 Karol Feč - Milena Švedová 

Predkladaný učebný text predstavuje základný sumár informácií z gymnastiky, ktorý je v súlade s výchovno - vzdelávacím procesom. Svojím obsahom je zameraný na osvojenie základov gymnastických športov s dôrazom na problematiku športovej gymnastiky, terminológie, histórie, pravidiel, výberu talentov a problematiku motorického učenia. Učebný text je určený študentom denného a externého štúdia, trénerom v oddieloch a kluboch so zameraním na gymnastické športy. Prvá časť učebných textov je zameraná na systematiku gymnastiky v súčasnosti a historický prehľad formovania gymnastických športov s akcentom na ich charakteristiku a delenie. V druhej časti práce hlbšie analyzujeme terminológiu prosných a základy poradovej prípravy. Tretia časť práce objasňuje výber talentov a predikciu výkonnosti na základe vlastných mnohoročných praktických skúseností a výskumov v tejto oblasti. Záverečná časť práce je zameraná na základy športovej prípravy, techniku a didaktiku základných cvičebných tvarov na jednotlivých náradiach a základy hodnotenia v športovej gymnastike.

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Ján Junger - Andrea Junger

Vysokoškolské učebné texty Úvod do športu a rekreácie sú určené študentom prvého ročníka v študijnom programe Šport a rekreácia. Svojim zameraním ponúkajú študentom základné informácie o orientácii daného študijného programu. Obsahom sú základné pojmy a tvorba termínov, systém vied o športe a jeho okolie, podstata a miesto športu a rekreácie v systéme spoločenských javov, šport ako špecifický druh pohybovej aktivity človeka, materiálne, ekonomické a organizačné zabezpečenie športu doma a v zahraničí a význam športu v medzinárodnom kontexte.

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Petra Tomková - Richard Melichar (eds.)

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Rastislav Feč

Tourism is fast developing industry today. New sorts of tourism are created this days and maritime sailing is one of them. Maritime sailing is available for common people now. It is not known whether maritime sailing is attractive for Slovak client of tourism. The scientific monograph is explorative.

The aim of the work is to ascertain preferences of clients in regard to characteristics of a specific product of tourism which consists of excursions of maritime yachting. The data were collected by a questionary which was created for this purpose. The data were processed to percents and we also used tests of significance for percents. We determined 5% of error as a significant level. The research group created 573 future clients in form of university students from which 200 were men and 373 were women. Approximately, 70% of students perceive maritime sailing as pleasure and attractive activity and do not fear seasickness. 85% of respondents think that maritime sailing is not available concerning price for ordinary people. Only 24% of questioned people and more men as women (significance 0.01) perceive maritime sailing as dangerous. Almost 46,25% think that they do not manage position a member of crew and that the captain’s license will be not useful for them.

80% of questioned students is willing to buy excursion of maritime sailing, half of respondents is interested in All Inclusive type of excursion with a cook and on catamaran and approximately 60% of people prefer accommodation in saloon.

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Agata Horbacz

The study materials provide an analysis of selected motor abilities in older women. They offer information and recommendations on implementing physical activity in the form of functional training. The materials are intended for students of the bachelor’s degree program in Sports and Recreation, as well as for other professionals dealing with this subject. They describe a methodological approach to exercise aimed at improving or maintaining motor abilities. The work outlines basic information on the application of functional exercises for older women in physical education practice and regeneration. This university study material is the first edition. Through photographs and descriptions, students can select appropriate exercises to enhance an active lifestyle and support physical regeneration.

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Alena Buková

The aim of work is to broaden knowledge about selected lifestyle factors and subjective health problems of first-year university students at the two largest universities of Eastern Slovakia in the reflection of their sporting activity. We have analyzed questions about their eating habits, the quantity and quality of sleep, selected risk factors of behaviour - alcohol and smoking, and subjectively reported health. The weekly frequency of their sporting activity was considered to be indicative in order to emphasize the importance and necessity of regular physical activity in relation to selected factors of their lifestyle and health.

The set of cross-sectional research consisted of 1055 first-year female university students.

The research was part of grant project VEGA 1/1343/12 "Selected Risk Factors of Obesity and Physical Prevention". Collection of empirical data was facilitated by the means of a questionnaire compiled for the needs of the above VEGA grant project. For the needs of our study, we used a battery of questions about sporting activity, health condition and selected lifestyle aspects of the respondents. The results assess relationship between the examined lifestyle variables and sporting activity. Positive relation with sport activity was confirmed in the daily frequency of meals, the distribution of total food intake throughout the day and the presence of breakfast in daily regime. Negative relation has been proved between higher frequencies of sporting activity and fatigue after morning wake-up.

Although not all variables indicated relevant correlation with sporting activity, it is desirable to continue monitoring and analyzing various lifestyle factors of university students, especially in their first year of study. University attendance represents the final stage of formal education that allows for shaping healthy life habits. Potential intervention during the study involves, among others, influencing the health of undergraduates, their healthier lifestyle and prevention of many health problems at a later stage of life.

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