DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES IN FOOT MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS IN OVERWEIGHT ARMENIAN ETHNIC GIRLS OF THE SAME SOMATOTYPE AND AGE GROUP.

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the predominant somatotypes among Armenian ethnic girls aged 16-20 and to evaluate correlations between excess weight, somatotype, and morphometric alterations in the feet, lower limbs, and spine. Somatotypes were classified according to Chernorutsky's system (types A, H, I, O, T, and X). The study included Armenian ethnic 30 girls representing A, H, O, and X somatotypes. A significant correlation was observed between somatotype (particularly when compounded by excess weight) and morphometric deviations in the feet, lower limbs, and spinal curvature.