AGE-RELATED FEATURES OF ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE SPINAL COLUMN IN CHILDREN 13 YEARS OLD LIVING IN THE SOUTH ARAL SEA
Keywords:
children, anthropometric indicators, spinal column, Southern Aral Sea region.Abstract
To identify the main patterns of changes in anthropometric indicators of various departments of the
spinal column in children 13 years old living in the South Aral Sea region. Material and methods: The studies were
conducted in 93 practically healthy children 13 years old (45 girls and 48 boys), students of school No. 4 of the Shavat
district. Results: The growth of the length of the spinal column at the beginning of puberty slows down, and a new
acceleration of its growth is observed in boys by 13 years. The intervertebral discs in children are relatively thicker
than in adults. The increase in the length of the spinal column in girls after 13 years in the cervical and sacrococcygeal
regions is more intense than in the thoracic and lumbar regions. The increase in the length of the spinal column in
boys of 13 years in the cervical and sacrococcygeal regions is more intense than in the thoracic and lumbar regions.
Conclusions: Information on age dynamics, sexual dimorphism, individual and topographic variability of the spinal
column as a whole, its departments, individual vertebrae and their parts are used in practical health car
