COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL CONDITION OF FEMALE PATIENTS WITH LOWER EXTREMITIES DEFORMATIONS

Abstract

2 groups of patients of different age with varus deformity of lower extremities bones (19 patients with phosphate-diabetes (PD) and 36 patients without this disease) were examined. Control group consisted of 50 healthy female coevals. Patients with PD had. lag in lengthwise body growth, decrease of contractive ability of extremities' muscles, decrease of speed and power characteristics of locomotions, decrease of availability. Patients with,deformations of bones but without PD had. decrease of shin muscle power, weakening of balance function of a foot and. decrease of load, on foot segments while walking.

Keywords

• deformation of bones
• muscles dynamometry
• shin blood supply
• podography
• phosphate-diabetes