Introduction: Regular physical activity has many positive effects on the human body and prevents the emergence of many diseases. The absence of this, is one of the leading factors, affecting the premature death and mortality of people in the world. According to the World Health Organization, as a result of physical inactivity, as many as 3.2 million people die annually. European researchers report, that a problem with a reduced level of physical activity begins with children and adolescents. Purpose: The purpose of the diploma thesis was to compare the physical readiness of the students of the first years of the study course Physiotherapy with students of the first years of study in the other faculties of the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana and to determine, if it is satisfactory according to the guidelines for the physical activity of the World Health Organization. Methods: We used the research method of work and the testing was done according to the Slovenian version of the group of tests for testing the fitness of adults. We tested 66 first year students of various study courses at the sport hall of the Faculty of Medicine in May and June 2017. The results achieved in the students of Physiotherapy in comparison with students from other study coarses were compared with the Mann Whitney test, with the statistical program Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20.0 for Windows operating system. The statistically significant difference was evaluated at p ≤ 0,05. Results: Results of questionnaires on health status and physical activity among students of the first years didn't show any statistically significant differences. However, this does not apply to the results of fitness tests, as students of the Physiotherapy course better performed the "hull extensions" test and "partial hardening of the hull". Discussion and conclusion: On the basis of the answers from the questionnaires and evaluation of the tests of differences, the differences between the health status and the physical activity of students in the direction of Physiotherapy and other study courses, we did not find out. We can assume, that students of the first years of the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana are well-prepared and that no study coarse can stand out. The hypothesis, that students of Physiotherapy are more physically prepared, is therefore rebutted.
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