Age Features of the Health of Athletes Involved in Combat Sports
The article presents the analysis of age characteristics of morbidity and physical development of athletes involved in Karate Kyokushin. The basis of this study was the medical examination of athletes in the Nizhniy Novgorod medical and sports clinic of the Nizhny Novgorod region. To develop statistical material it was carried out the copy information from medical and dispensary observation athletes' checklists. The athletes were divided into age groups: the 1 <sup>st</sup> group - 11-14 years, the 2 <sup>nd</sup> group - 15-17 years, the 3 <sup>rd</sup> group - 18 years of age or older. This distribution corresponds to the different stages of sports selection. The purpose of this research was to identify diseases classes with specific characteristics to certain age groups of subjects, as well as to establish patterns of accumulation. The revealed incidence distribution demonstrates the critical age period for athletes, when the risk of developing certain diseases is highest and urgent measures are needed primary and secondary prevention. This article also contains the information about the as sessment of the athletes' physical development involved in Karate Kyokushin. It is determined by endogenous and exogenous, as well as socio-economic factors. Evaluation of physical development is of great practical importance for the organization of the training process. The article also analyzes the results of laboratory and instrumental examinations of athletes involved in Karate Kyokushin.