THE AIM of this study is to precise the diagnostics of lumbar lordosis in children at primary classes through applying the Digital Pelvic Inclinometer and to correlate the results with the Functional Test. METHODS. The screening examination involved 132 children with the average age 8, 7 from the beginning classes in Sofia. The lumbar lordosis was assessed through the Fuctional Test in all children during the period April - June 2016.. The DPI was applied for preliminary investigation in 25 children of measuring left and rigth pelvic inclination and therefore – torsion. RESULTS. The lordosis test is negative in 8 children and 16 are with functional lordosis. The mean value of the test with DPI - left sided, for healthy children is 7.1 degrees, and in children with functional lordosis is 10.90. The difference of 3.80 is statistically significant due to the value of T-Student criterion (t) of 2.63 at a critical value of 2.07. CONCLUSION. The results showed the correlation between the Digital Pelvic Inclinometer Test and the Functional Lordosis Test. Тhis study confirmed that the applying of the Digital Pelvic Inclinometer give an opportunity to precise the diagnostics of lumbar lordosis in children.

THE AIM of the research is to make literature review and to study the possibilities for implementation of Digital Pelvic Inclinometer in functional diagnostic of the pelvis inclination during the prevention of the postural disorders in children. METHOD: The Digital Pelvic Inclinometer (DPI) developed by Sub-4 Technologies, is a precision measuring device used to quantify innominate bone inclination. Using the described technique, the DPI can be used to assess pelvic behavior by using the specialize protocols. DPI uses a digital display. This display allows the physiotherapist to see the output of the device while performing the measurement procedure. RESULTS: Twenty-five children were assessed by the DPI. The results show that the pelvic inclination in children were average for left 10.78º and for right 10.28º. Torsion was the difference between left and right inclination of innominate bones. Mean value of torsion is 2.108º this indicate potential for developing progression lordosis in children from 1 to 3 class. CONCLUSION This new and innovative methodology allows asymmetry, dysfunction and adaption to be quantified, allowing instant evidence based diagnosis and treatment. The DPI subsequently allows the physiotherapist to record normative values after treatment interventions have been implemented.

Introduction The foot disorders in children are a widespread problem and the studies in this aspect are very scanт. THE AIM of the research is to assess the symmetry in loading of the foot in children via a tensometric platform. Methodology The tensometric platform ISTEP 5000 was applied in 145 children (76 girls and 69 boys) with the average age 8, 66 (from 7 to 10 years) at the School "Iordan Iovkov"-Sofia during the period April-May 2017. Results The results were processed through IBMSPSS Statistics v.19 program and MS Excel, using: variation analysis, statistical hypothesis testing, which includes Student's t-distribution among the indicators with guarantee probability P (t). The differences between loading of the left and right foot are statistically significant: in girls d=-3.974 with t emp =6.65, P (t) 100.00; boys d=-2.710 with t emp =3.98, P (t) 99.99. The results demonstrated statistically significant asymmetry in loading of the foot. Discussion Methods for the functional diagnostic of the foot are very limited and innovation in this area is essential for the prevention of the disorders. Conclusions This study confirmed that the applying of the tensometric platform ISTEP 5000 contribute very important data and give an opportunity to precise the functional diagnostics of the foot in children at primary classes.