Morphological characteristics of practically healthy 12-year-old children and their peers with visual deprivation

Abstract

The article presents data on differences in indicators of physical development of 12-year-old children with visual impairment compared to their peers without this pathology. The purpose of the article is to analyze the characteristics of the indicators of physical development of 12-year-old children with visual deprivation in comparison with their healthy peers. Finding differences between the groups of 12-year-old children with visual deprivation and their peers in terms of chest circumference on inhalation in cm and chest circumference in sigmoid units of measurement, it was established that the representatives of the groups did not differ. According to indicators of mass, body length in absolute and sigmoidal values, as well as excursion in the group of 12-year-old adolescents with visual deprivation, the scores were slightly higher than in the group of their peers without visual deprivation. Prospects for further research. Further scientific research will be devoted to a detailed study of the physical development of 12-year-old children with visual impairment, taking into account gender. Such a fact can have several potential interpretations. Yes, the presence of such features in physical development can be caused by the very deprivation of vision or other factors related to their health. Or this difference may be the result of differences in lifestyle, activity and nutrition between these groups of children. In addition, it is possible to assume that differences in physical indicators may be related to different rates of sexual development of children with visual impairment and their peers without visual impairment