What indicators are used to assess the physical development of children?
To characterize physical development, as a rule, somatoscopic, physiometric and anthropometric characters are used.
The main somatoscopic signs used to assess the indicators of the physical development of children include: the state of the muscular system, the degree of sexual development.
The group of anthropometric signs include height, body weight, and also - the circumference of the head, thorax.
Among the physiometric parameters for determining the level of physical development, take into account the vital capacity of the lungs, muscle strength and blood pressure.
How do you evaluate the parameters of physical development?
To assess the level of physical development of children, in particular, early age, take into account such parameters as: height, weight, chest volume, head circumference.
So, depending on their ratio, allocate:
- harmonious;
- disharmonious;
- sharply disharmonious.
So, with a harmonious development, all indicators should correspond to the norm, or differ from them by no more than 1 sigma. Disharmonic physical development of preschool children is observed when the indices differ from those due to 1.1-2 sigma. With sharply disharmonious development, these indicators exceed the norm by 2.1 or more sigma.