The research objective was to study connective tissue dysplasia interrelation with injuries in athletes during practices and competitions.

Connective tissue dysplasia signs analyzed in 971 athletes of high sports qualifications in different kinds of sports: age – 14 - 36 (average - 20,1); sports experience – 5-24 years (average – 9,4).

45 national basketball, volleyball and rowing teams athletes. Exactly: 14 basketball players; age 22-29 (average – 26,2); sports experience 10-16 years (average 14,2); 11 rowers, age 18-27 (average – 23,4), sports experience 7-14 years (average 11,5). 20 volleyball players age 18-38 (average 23,2), sports experience 7-12 years (average 10,2). Clinical part consisted of careful athletes interrogation on their complaints, feelings, modes and periods of training, load intensity and family anamnesis. They were examined for sites of chronic infection, there was a special body parts inspection, anthropometrical measurements were to find out external phenotypic stigmas of growth, allowing to diagnose undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia.

The signs recommended by many authors were chosen as connective tissue dysplasia markers. [2,3,4,5,6,7,11,18].

Height over 90 centiles. Extremities relative lengthening – hands span to height relation over 1,03. Weight less than 10 centiles.

Longitudinal body sizes prevalence – wrist circle to a second hand finger length relation less than 2,11. Weight to height index less than X-2σ.

Warge index less than 1,5.

Index was counted by formula: WI = (weight in grams \ 2 heights in centimeters) – (age in years \ 100).

Knee joints overextension over 10 degrees. Elbow joints overextension over 10 degrees. Hand fingers overextension: fingers lie parallel to forearm in passive dorsal flexion.

The thumb sign – the thumb can be actively adducted to a forearm in hand 90 degree to a forearm position. The second finger is longer than the fourth.

The wrist sign – the thumb and the fifth finger come across while grasping the wrist. Nails deformation.

Thoracic kyphosis flattening. Scoliotic posture – side spinal column bends. Thoracic hyper-kyphosis.

Thorax deformation: cylindrical, keeled, barrel-shaped, funneled, etc.

Gothic palate.

Bite lesion.

Teeth growth lesion.

Nasal partition curvature.

Myopia as sight lesion.

Cross flat-footedness. Cross flat-footedness markers were:

а) front foot deformation and flattening,

b) first toe internal abduction,

c) divergence angle between toes increasing.

Longitudinal flat-footedness. longitudinal foot arches prints analysis was used to determine their condition.

Estimation was the following:

- if the isthmus size was less than 50% of a perpendicular length, then the foot was considered normal,

- if the isthmus size was 50-60% of a perpendicular length, then the foot was considered flattened,

- if the isthmus size was more than 60% of a perpendicular length, then the foot was considered flat.

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