Individual variability of morphometric parameters feet of girls 18-19 years from Saratov region of the Russian Federation

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Abstract:The individual variability of morphometric parameters of feet in 18-19 year-old girls (Saratov region, Russia) with different somatic types is examined. Materials and Methods -240 18-19 year-old girls (the students of Saratov State Medical University n.a. V.I. Razumovsky, the locals of Saratov region) were examined during the annual special medical examination. The somatic type's identification of the examined girls was conducted in accordance with B.A. Nikitiuk and A.I. Kozlov (1990). The examination of the foot type was performed with planthogram. During the research the shape of feet (Egyptian, Greek, Roman), the frequency of its occurrence in somatic types was determined. Shriter index, which characterizes the height of the arch of the foot and Veysflog index, which characterizes the spring function of the foot, was calculated. Also, the frequency of occurrence in the arches of the foot somatotype and its various forms were determined. Results and Conclusion -The most common form of Egyptian foot is typical of women with mezomorphic hypotrophic and brachymorphic normotrophic somatotype; Roman foot -for brahimorphic hypertrophic and brahimorphic hypotrophic somatotypes; Greek foot -for dolihomorphic gipotorophic and brachymorphic hypertrophic somatotypes. High arch is common for Greek foot in the brahimorphic hypotrophic somatotype; elevated arch -for Roman foot in dolihomorphic normotrophic somatotype; flattened arch -for Egyptian foot in dolihomorphic normotrophic somatotype; platypodia -for Greek foot with brahimorphic hypotrophic somatotype. The foot of all forms and heights of the arch possesses a good spring function.