THE DETECTION OF THE FOOT STATUS AMONG THE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE SCHOOL AGE.

The aim of the research was to detect the presence of the suspended arch of the foot among the students of the volleyball club "Dif" from Belgrade. The sample included 35 students of the school age. The results of the research show a very high degree of the foot deformity among the students. This research included the variable of the longitudinal arch of the foot, which is determined by the method of planigraphy. The plantograms were studied and the data were found using two methods- Thomsen's method and The method of the Russian authors After processing and analyzing the data, we have come to the following conclusions: the results of the research show that large number of the students have deformed arch of the foot, even 88,58%. Considering the left foot: 8 students have normal feet, 21 posses the first degree, 2 second degree and 4 students posses the third degree of the suspended foot (according to Thomsen's method); 10 students have normal arch of the foot. 19 posses the first degree. 2 second degree, and 4 students posses the third degree of the suspended foot (according to the Method of the Russian authors). In view of the right foot, the situation was similar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]