Using the plantography method in the study of medical and biological disciplines

He learning process includes a variety of research methods, varying degrees of complexity and importance, which are required by a person in a variety of spheres of life. The article scientifically substantiates the use of a complex method of plantography in the process of teaching biomedical disciplines to determine the functional parameters of the human foot arch. Application of the plantography method in practical classes of the discipline "Human Physiology" will increase interest in learning, since the determination of individual state parameters of the musculoskeletal system will allow students not only to expand the range of knowledge of the physiological profile, but also to develop their skills of research conduct. In the course of our research, the indicators of the condition of students' foot arch in different modes of loading were identified. The analysis of the results allowed us to determine the so-called "risk group": a group of students who under the influence of the load demonstrated static forms of deformation of the foot arch, while there is a transition of the foot index from one qualitative evaluation zone to another, from "normal" to the category: "flattened", "slightly flattened" and "flat". Therefore, increasing the load on the foot arch leads to a decrease in its springing capabilities. Thus, the data of individual parameters of the foot index obtained by students during the research work in practical classes can contribute to the correct distribution of students in medical groups for physical education.