[The medical and psychological support for the child athletes during different periods of the training cycle].
OBJECTIVE
To study dynamics of the indicators of the hormonal and psychological status as well as psychological features of significance for the sportive performance under conditions of rehabilitative treatment during training and post-training periods in the child athlete engaged in rhythmic gymnastics.


METHODS
The study included 42 child athletes at the age from 8 to 15 years engaged in rhythmic gymnastics. The children of the study group (group 1, n=17) received the combined restorative treatment under conditions of regular training while those comprising group 2 group (n=25) were given a similar treatment in the absence of the training load. All athletes underwent clinical and laboratory examination before and after the treatment for the assessment of their psychological status.


RESULTS
The study has demonstrated that additional physical activities were responsible for the development of negative changes in the hormonal and psychological spheres of the child athletes. As a result, they experienced the impairment of certain qualities significant for their sportive performance.


CONCLUSIONS
The rehabilitative measures during different periods of the training cycle promote normalization of all parameters of the hormonal, psychological, and physical status of the child athletes; moreover, they improve the adaptive capacity of the children.
N P
NP
Stepanenko
T E
TE
Levitskaia
E A
EA
Matveeva
A A
AA
Zaĭtsev
A B
AB
Konovalov
N A
NA
Tren'kaeva
K K
KK
Akimova
S V
SV
Kremeno
O V
OV
Dostovalova
N V
NV
Merzliakova
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006173:Gymnastics / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood / Q000534:rehabilitation*
D006854:Hydrocortisone