536 Study on the determination of the body and mental state of adult age patients

Abstract

Abstract: Our study comes from the desire to highlight certain problems faced by adulthood, as
well as the awareness of practicing physical exercise in water and on land, in order to combat them.
Hypothesis of the work; it is assumed that through a thorough study in terms of body composition
and mental status of patients of adult age, we will identify some problems that arise during this
period of life and at the same time we will be able to develop truthful programs by applying
physical means. The purpose of our work consists in highlighting the main problems of
normoponderality and mental status on the patients subjected to the study by applying various tests
that will highlight these aspects. Objectives of the study: Identification of body composition and
mental status of adult patients; Patientsʹ awareness of the normoponderality and mental problems
arising from the applied tests; Promoting physical activities on land and in water, in adulthood. The
result of questioning the subjects subjected to the study on the evaluation of the mental status
revealed the fact that they have a temporal, spatial orientation, an adequate memory and attention,
as well as a reading‐writing and copying capacity corresponding to the age, and the determination
of the body composition was achieved with the help of the ʺTanitaʺ device through which it was
found an average of the group of subjects of 43.13% fat, 25,80 % muscle mass, 6,83 % bone mass,
and water 42,22 %.

Keywords: study, body composition, mental status, women, physical activities