PhD N.V. Vorobyeva¹
I.I. Fayzullina²
PhD, Associate Professor V.I. Sharagin³
PhD, Associate Professor R.E. Petrov^4
1Southwest State University, Kursk
²Russian Biotechnological University, Moscow
³Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow
⁴Elabuga Institute (branch) of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Elabuga

Objective of the study was to establish the effect of regular basketball lessons on the morphofunctional parameters of the heart.
Methods and structure of the study. We observed 18 regularly trained basketball players with sports experience from 11 to 13 months. The comparison group consisted of 20 clinically healthy young men who had not physically trained before. An ultrasound assessment of the heart parameters was performed using an echocardiograph SSD-80 "Aloka" Japan. The value of Student's t-test was calculated by computer.
Results and conclusions. Beginning basketball players had some hypertrophy of the walls of the left ventricle, associated with a small increase in its mass and a moderate thickening of its walls. The overall size of the left ventricle and its capacity in athletes were within the normal range. The surveyed basketball players were characterized by a higher rate of myocardial relaxation than physically inactive young men. Considering the results of the study, we can say that basketball training increases the mass of the left ventricle with its normal size, capacity and functionality.

Keywords: basketball, heart, myocardium, left ventricle, sports, physical activity.

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