On June 10-11, 2025, the International Scientific Congress "Thirty Years of Adaptive Physical Culture Development" was held at Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport, and Health in St. Petersburg.
The Congress featured plenary sessions, roundtable discussions, and master classes. Participants included specialists from 11 countries: Israel, Germany, China, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, among others. Over two days, experts discussed current issues and future prospects in adaptive physical culture, physical rehabilitation, hydrorehabilitation for people with disabilities, and training sports reserves in adaptive sports.
A delegation of employees from the FSBI SPbNIIFK, led by the institute's director, Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor Sergey Alekseevich Vorobyov, participated in the congress.
On June 10, S.A. Vorobyov took part in the congress's plenary session.
At the section "Current Issues in Adaptive Physical Culture," Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor Sergey Alekseevich Vorobyov and Professor, Doctor of Psychological Sciences Evgenia Sergeevna Naboychenko presented a report titled "Opportunities for Participation in Sports for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders."
Employees of the Division of Physical Rehabilitation and Health-Improving Technologies — Research Associate Alexander Vladimirovich Malinin, Division Head Dmitry Nikolaevich Pukhov, and Senior Research Associate, Ph.D. in Pedagogy Andrey Ivanovich Grebennikov—presented a poster report titled "Motivational Factors for Physical Activity in Children with Musculoskeletal Disorders."
At the section "Current Issues in Adaptive Physical Culture (Adaptive Sports)," graduate student Daria Alexandrovna Dyachenko from the Division of the System Research of the Formation of Sports Mastery presented a report titled "Innovative Adaptive Surfing Training Programs for Children with Musculoskeletal Disorders: Experience and Results."
A report titled "Opportunities for Correcting and Compensating Predictors of Ventral Start Techniques in Paralympic Swimming" was presented by Senior Research Associate Anna Leonidovna Lebedeva from the Division of Development of Adaptive Physical Culture and Sports for Disabled People, Ph.D. in Psychology; Division Head Leonid Vyacheslavovich Vinokurov from the Division of the System Research of the Formation of Sports Mastery, Ph.D. in Psychology; Alexander Yuryevich Kholoimov, coach of the Russian national swimming team for athletes with musculoskeletal disorders, Honored Coach of Russia, and top-category sports referee (Meteor Sports School of Olympic Reserve, Balashikha, Russia); and adaptive physical culture and sports coach Kira Viktorovna Zyablitseva (Sports School of Olympic Reserve for Aquatic and Other Sports, Vyborgsky District, St. Petersburg, Russia).
Junior Research Associate Nadezhda Vladimirovna Medvedeva from the Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Sports presented a report titled "Key Principles for Selecting Methods to Monitor the Psychophysiological State of Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities."
On June 11, at the section "Current Issues in Physical Rehabilitation and Habilitation," Research Associate Viktoria Valeryevna Georgiadi from the Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Sports presented a report titled "Modern Methods for Monitoring the Psychophysiological State of Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities."
Institute employees participated in the roundtable discussion "Towards the 100th Anniversary of the Scientific Journal 'Theory and Practice of Physical Culture,'" where the journal's historical contribution to sports science was highly praised. Discussions were held to develop recommendations for the editorial and publishing policies of the scientific journal until 2030. In her speech, the journal's editor-in-chief, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Lyudmila Ivanovna Lubysheva (Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth, and Tourism), highlighted the high publication activity of FSBI SPbNIIFK employees in preparing materials for the journal.
