PhD, Associate Professor N.S. Bakhareva¹
V.V. Kovalev¹
A.A. Bakhareva^1
1Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar

Keywords: body area, body types, youth age period.

Introduction. Body surface area (PPP) is a fundamental parameter of the body, widely used in physiology, experimental and clinical medicine.
The purpose of the study is to determine the characteristics of the body area in persons of the adolescent age period with different body types.
Methodology and organization of the study. The study was conducted on 186 twenty-year-olds: 68 boys (from 19 to 21 years old) and 118 girls (from 19 to 21 years old). To determine the body type, the Pinier index was used, the body area was a mathematical model of the body area (Y. R. Sheikh-Zadeh. P. A. Galenko-Yaroshevsky, 2001).
The results of the study and their discussion. Dolichomorphic body type at the age of twenty in girls was detected in 32.21%, brachymorphic – in 9.32%, mesomorphic – in 58.47% of the studied group. Dolichomorphic body type at the age of twenty in young men was detected in 41.18%, brachymorphic – in 7.35%, mesomorphic – in 51.47% of the studied group.
Statistical analysis showed that in persons of twenty years of age with different body types, significant differences in body area values were found.
In girls with mesomorphic body type (Pinier index 10-30) compared with dolichomorphic (Pinier index >30), the body area is 16120.9118.4 cm 2 versus 15288.08208.57 cm 2, respectively. In girls with mesomorphic body type (Pinier index 10-30), the value of body area significantly differs from that of persons with brachymorphic body type (Pinier index <10) 16120.9118.4 cm 2 versus 1830.6387.66 cm 2, respectively.
In young men with mesomorphic body type (Pinier index 10-30) compared with dolichomorphic (Pinier index >30), the body area is 17961.73246.37 cm 2 versus 16210.27651.83 cm 2, respectively. In young men with mesomorphic body type (Pinier index 10-30), the value of body area significantly differs from that of persons with brachymorphic body type (Pinier index <10) 17961.73246.37 cm2 versus 19424.44275.45 cm2, respectively.
Thus, girls with a dolichomorphic body type have 5% less body area, and girls with a brachymorphic body type have 14% more body area than those with a mesomorphic body type. The difference between the body area of girls with dolichomorphic and brachymorphic body type is 19%. Young men with a dolichomorphic body type have 10% less body area, and young men with a brachymorphic body type have 8% more body area than those with a mesomorphic body type. The difference between the body area of young men with dolichomorphic and brachymorphic body type is 18 % .
Conclusion. The dependence of the body area on the type of physique in persons of the adolescent age period has been established.

References

1. Chuprunova, N.S. Determination of body area in persons of the youthful age period. / N. S. Chuprunova, E. A. Maslova // International Journal of Experimental Education, 2013. – pp.433-434.