[Physical activity of girls with Turner's syndrome].

Introduction: Typical features in Turner's syndrome such as growth deficit and abnormal body proportions may result in perceiving Turner girls as being physically weaker. Hence, physical activity systematically undertaken by those girls would be of utmost importance for keeping healthy and for an adequate relation of body fat to muscle mass, sustaining or increasing physical capacity and for prevention of osteoporosis and hypertension.

Aim Of The Study: To assess the level of physical activity of girls with Turner's syndrome.

[Declared attitudes of girls with Turner's syndrome towards physical education classes].

Objectives: To learn the attitudes and opinions of girls with Turner's syndrome about physical education classes and to determine the level of physical activity of those girls by applying the MVPA (moderate-to-vigorous physical activity) index.

Material And Methods: A group of 36 girls with Turner's syndrome, aged 10-19 years, participants of a summer camp at the sea shore in 2004, were subjected to a questionnaire study. The resulting MVPA index served as an indicator of the degree of physical activity.