Nuolat kintančios aplinkos reikalavimai Lietuvai įstojus į ES, skatina organizacijas ir dirbančiuosius nuolat tobulintis, plėsti savo kompetencijas, sudarant palankesnes sąlygas ne tik dalyvauti darbo rinkoje, bet ir skatinti sveikatingumo centrų aerobikos instruktorių darbo kokybę. Sveikatingumo centrų specialistų kompetencijų svarba apima ne tik pavienių asmenų aukštų aspiracijų įgyvendinimą, karjeros siekimą, bet ir pačių organizacijų galimybes dalyvauti konkurencinėje rinkoje teikiant profesionalias paslaugas. Ši tema yra aktuali, nes Lietuvoje sveikatingumo centruose nėra jokios sistemos, kuri galėtų ne tik atskleisti, bet ir nustatyti aerobikos instruktorių kompetencijas ir kvalifikacijas. Remdamiesi Europos Sveikatos ir Fitneso Asociacijos (EHFA) patirtimi, galėtume sukurti arba pritaikyti panašią sistemą, kuri būtų naudinga Lietuvos sporto rinkai. Šio darbo tikslas - nustatyti Lietuvos sveikatingumo centrų aerobikos instruktorių kompetencijas atskleidžiančias dimensijas (klientų pažiūriu), kad palyginti atitikimą su EHFA standartais. Tyrimo objektas – Lietuvos sveikatingumo centrų aerobikos instruktorių kompetencijas atskleidžiančios dimensijos. Tyrime aptariamos suaugusiųjų švietimo formos ir apžvelgiamos neformalios mokymosi patirties pripažinimo galimybės. Tyrimo tikslas yra nustatyti aerobikos instruktorių turimas kvalifikacijas ir kompetencijas, bei aerobikos instruktorių kompetencijų raišką. Taip pat nagrinėjama ar Lietuvos sveikatingumo centrų aerobikos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Since Lithuania‘s accession to the EU, rapidly changing requirements encourage organizations and employees to improve and expand their competences constantly by creating better conditions to not only participate in the market, but also to enhance the quality of health aerobic instructors’ work. Continuous improvement is both important to the instructors for the career purposes and the health centres to be able to compete in the competitive market by offering high quality services. The subject of the thesis is of importance to Lithuanian health centres since there seems to be no working system to determine the qualifications needed to become an aerobic instructor. Using European Health and Fitness Association’s experience, a similar system could be created that would be of use to the Lithuanian market. The objective of the thesis was to determine the competences of aerobic instructors from the customers‘ point of view and to compare them with the European Health and Fitness Association standards. The object of the investigation was the dimensions that reveal the competences of aerobic instructors at the Lithuanian health centres. Numerous forms of adult education and possibilities to acknowledge informal education were dealt with in the thesis. The research aimed to examine the qualifications and competences that instructors in Lithuanian health centres have, the expression of competences, and to investigate they comply with the standards of the European Health and Fitness... [to full text]

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of voice production and perception of dyspnea in aerobic instructors during simultaneous tasks of exercise and speech production. The study aimed to document changes that occur during four conditions: 1) voice production without exercise and no use of amplification; 2) voice production without exercise and the use of amplification; 3) voice production during exercise without the use of amplification; 4) voice production during exercise with the use of amplification. Participants included ten aerobic instructors (two male and eight female). The dependent variables included vocal intensity, average fundamental frequency (F0), noise-to-harmonic ratio (NHR), jitter percent (jitt %), shimmer percent (shim %), and participants' self-perception of dyspnea. The results indicated that speech alone, whether it was with or without amplification, had no effect on the sensation of dyspnea. However, when combining speech with exercise, the speech task became increasingly difficult, even more so without the use of amplification. Exercise was observed to inhibit vocal loudness levels as vocal intensity measures were lowest in the conditions with exercise with the use of amplification. Increases in F0 occurred in conditions involving exercise without the use of amplification. Moreover, four participants in various conditions exhibited frequencies that diverged from their gender's normal range. Participants' NHR increased during periods of exercise, however no participants were found to have NHR measures outside the normal range. Four participants were found to have moderate laryngeal pathology that was hemorrhagic in nature. Findings suggest that traditional treatment protocols may need to be modified beyond hygienic approaches in order to address both the respiratory and laryngeal work-loads that are encountered in this population and others involving similar occupational tasks.