[Functional changes in the organ of vision and locomotor apparatus in adolescents from the Central Administrative District of Moscow].

The Russian Federation and Moscow also show a global tendency for dysfunctions of the locomotor apparatus (LMA) and the organ of vision (OV) to increase. Eight hundred and two adolescents from the Central Administrative District of Moscow were found to have involvements of LMA (35.4%) and OV (22.5%). There were more common abnormal posture (12.9%), spinal axis changes (11.7%), talpes (12.5%), and myopia (17.8%). The follow-ups made from 1997 to 2002 revealed an increase in the number of adolescents with functional changes (D2) with a decrease in that of apparently healthy adolescents (D1). The changes were prevalent in children born in 1986 onward. Examination of the interaction of LMA and OV as the uniform visual motor system revealed sexual dimorphism suggesting that the girls were more susceptible to these changes, which should be considered while developing a adifferential approach to teaching schoolchildren during pubertal period. Schoolchildren's health status should be systematically considered by a wide circle of specialists to estimate the maximum number of parameters in order to determine the reasons resulting in a steady-state tendency for ODA and OV dysfunctions to progress.