[The status of the locomotor system in children living in localities with a high coefficient of inbreeding]. / Stan oporno-rukhovoï systemy ditei, iaki prozhyvaiut' u mistsevostiakh z velykym koefitsiientom imbrydingu.

Orthopedic examination of 1100 school-children was conducted in Rakhiv Region, Zakarpats'ka Oblast for detection of inbreeding. Significant correlation between the coefficient of inbreeding and the number of abnormalities in locomotor apparatus was detected.

[The immediate and late results of radiation effects on the occurrence of congenital defects in the locomotor apparatus based on screening data on newborns in the maternity hospitals of the city of Kiev]. / Blyz'ki i viddaleni rezul'taty radiatsiinoho vplyvu na vynyknennia vrodzhenykh vad oporno-rukhovoho aparatu za materialamy skryninhu novonarodzhenykh u polohovykh budynkakh m. Kyieva.

On the basis of screening of 15939 newborns at the maternity homes of Kiev after the accident at the Chernobyl atomic station it was found that the number of children with congenital malformation of the locomotor apparatus in 1991-1992 increased by 28.7% as compared with the data of the first postaccident years (1986-1987). Congenital pathology of the hip joint (dysplasia in average 23.5 per 1000 births, hip dislocation 3.6:1000) and foot deformity (7.9:1000) had the highest incidence with a tendency to increase at the latest years.